Hello everyone.........what a week!
All was going well on Monday when we had a visit at school from the District Social Welfare Officer to tell us that we were having an official visit from the Ministry of Gender on Tuesday - no other information was given.
The following day a car arrived and two ladies got out - I welcomed the first one and the second lady just stayed back which I thought was strange, so I went out to welcome her and she just looked at me! Then she took her glasses off, and I realised it was a friend from the Ministry! What a lovely surprise. Here she is in my office - I was interviewed regarding the Pre-school curriculum in Malawi and how it can be improved! We had a lovely meeting.





Friday, I had to go to Lilongwe with Nicolas and on the way there were many obstacles on the road - goats, bicycles, cattle, and even a small child of about a year old who ran out in front of us, and thankfully we missed her. Here you can see a lorry being loaded with Tobacco to go to the auctions - this is a common site this time of the year.

Coming up from Lilongwe we pass over the Viphya which used to have one of the largest forest plantations in Africa. As you can see the road is beautiful, but deforestation is happening at an amazing rate.

Common sites along the roadside are like this picture of wood waiting to be transported to somewhere...

Minibus transport is common - someone has obviously bought a new bicycle to take home!

Matola is also common - no road safely issues here!!

Colourful roadside markets on the way from Lilongwe.

Once again this week, we have had some excitement with livestock. On Friday we found these bees in the tree just outside my office window at school. We phoned the Wildlife people to see how to deal with them especially since we had 70 kids inside. However, it was really interesting - they just moved off before the men came!

Friday in Mzuzu there was a lot of excitement - we got news that an elephant had killed a man - in Mzuzu!! Yes, apparantly a bull elephant was on the loose from Vwaza which is quite a distance from Mzuzu. It killed a man, and then was shot by some of the wildlife folk within Mzuzu. Not something I would like to meet walking up the street!! There is some talk of elephant steak available this weekend in the city!!
Hi Di
ReplyDeleteA busy week, but a good one I think. Am I right in thinking we met the teacher who had the baby?
I am recovering after a day with 150 Brownies...feeling my age!
Have a good week.
Love from M&Mx
You made some beautiful briefs here! Any children or families with HIV/AIDS that you are following up? Are you achieving your objectives? In case you are not involved, don't be bother about my qustions.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments anonymous! Yes, we have children and families affected by HIV/AIDS who we follow up. We are achieving our objectives in terms of the work I am involved in which is training caregivers in rural areas and aiming to assist in the betterment of child development through our programmes.
ReplyDeleteI would like to point out that when my mother wrote 150 Brownies, she meant 15. Molly xxx
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