Lilongwe, Malawi

Nov 6, 2010

October 5, 2010 Coming to America I am tying up lose ends for my trip to America, and have found more strings than I expected. Thankfully, I am only going to be out of my village for a month (something I have done before) cause I fear what would happen to my projects if much more time was taken. Most things can stand on their own, and while I feel confident that the results will continue after I have long since ended my service; I fear that the periodic meeting...

Lilongwe, Malawi

Nov 6, 2010

October 5, 2010 Coming to America I am tying up lose ends for my trip to America, and have found more strings than I expected. Thankfully, I am only going to be out of my village for a month (something I have done before) cause I fear what would happen to my projects if much more time was taken. Most things can stand on their own, and while I feel confident that the results will continue after I have long since ended my service; I fear that the periodic meeting...

Nyika, Malawi

Oct 10, 2010

16 September 2010- Adventure in the Bay and Nyika As usual I found myself out of site for an adventure with other volunteers. It seems that at least once a month I have discovered something to do while out restocking and rejuvenating mentally. This time I had two events which I combined into one outing seeing as it's difficult to get out of site in the first place. First, I met up with Julia and Jeremy for a night in Chikwina and then a weekend in NkhataBay...

Mponela, Malawi

Aug 16, 2010

5 August 2010- a chat So as usual I was sitting around waiting for transport from one place to another. I am on my way to CampGlow in the south and had a stop over in NkhataBay to meet with a district official regarding a grant. Anyways, so I was sitting outside of the administration office waiting to proceed to Mzuzu and an older gentleman struck up a conversation, this is his story: He comes from Mzimba District which is just to the West of Nkhata Bay. He...

Mponela, Malawi

Aug 16, 2010

5 August 2010- a chat So as usual I was sitting around waiting for transport from one place to another. I am on my way to CampGlow in the south and had a stop over in NkhataBay to meet with a district official regarding a grant. Anyways, so I was sitting outside of the administration office waiting to proceed to Mzuzu and an older gentleman struck up a conversation, this is his story: He comes from Mzimba District which is just to the West of Nkhata Bay. He...