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Malawi Weekend

Mbakaya is a 2013 graduate of Africa University. He was an excellent MPH student, and is now the equivalent of Vice-Chancellor of a Nursing College in Malawi. When he learned that I would be in Malawi this week, he drove six hours to visit, leaving early Saturday morning to arrive…

Wandikweza

I’ve been in Malawi for one day, and what an enlightening day it has been. After flying into Lilongwe International Airport last evening, I was welcomed to the “Warm Heart of Africa” by a smiling customs officer who quickly stamped my passport and waved me right through to pick up…

Malawi

I’ve been invited to visit a Community Health Project in Malawi that is run by one of our Africa University grads. The Dean of our faculty was invited also. He’s not able to go, much as he would like to, but I’ve been cleared to go and report back to…

Crazy Tennis or Crazy Players?

May 1st is a national holiday in Zimbabwe, so we had no classes or final exams today. Larry Kies asked me a couple days ago if I’d be interested in early morning tennis today, so we were on the tennis court at 7 a.m., not too long after sunrise. As…

Change is in the Air!

Change is in the air! Evenings are definitely cooler now. The seasons are reversed here as compared to the United States because Zimbabwe is south of the equator to about the same degree that much of the USA is north of the equator. As we head into May this coming…

Million-step Milestone

One of the side benefits I enjoy while teaching at Africa University is the wonderful opportunity to do abundant walking. The campus alone offers many good walking possibilities, and it also makes a good base for great weekend hikes. Early during my stay this year I decided on a personal…

Classes Completed

All Africa University students completed their classes this week. For their final classes, I asked my students to choose any topic pertaining to our classroom work that especially intrigued them and explore it in some depth. They gave PowerPoint presentations of 15-30 minutes each for our classes this week. Most…

Weaver-bird Wonders

I hear the chattering of weaver-birds from my office because a good-sized tree behind our building is home to a colony of weaver-birds. There are dozens of nests scattered high up in the tree. Each nest is attached so that it hangs down from the end of a small branch. The…

Zimbabwe

Africa University — I’m on my way to Zimbabwe as you read this issue of the Wellness Newsletter. Leaving San Antonio on January 15th, I fly to Zimbabwe on Ethiopian Airlines, with a stop in Ethiopia on the way. I’ll get to Africa University in Old Mutare late on Saturday,…

A Week Full of Blessings!

Dr. Wembodinga, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Africa University, flew into San Antonio Monday evening for a two-day visit with us. We met with Dr. Ruth Berggren and various members of her Global Health staff at her office in the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in…

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