We went to the village of Nkhafi, 50 miles north of Lilongwe this morning to visit Wandikweza’s program to improve community health by empowering women. We stopped at Senga Primary School on the way to visit the Wandikweza Girl Child Empowerment Program there. Malawi has significant problems with girls being…
Mercy, Victor and I were on the road at 7:30 a.m., heading for a small rural village about 50 miles north of Lilongwe. We arrived shortly after 9 a.m. and Mercy introduced me to Alli, the Health Surveillance Agent (HSA) for the Ministry of Health for that area. He’s a…
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…
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…
