The African Journey (6)

 On To Malawi - part 1

 Tuesday July 4, 2000 

Photos

Diary

 

As we are about to leave Lusaka, Patrick Langamu (math teacher at the Monze secondary school towards Namibia) and UCG member comes to say hello. He was not able to be with us on the weekend.

Our hosts meet us and we pose for photo at the current Malakia Clinic. From left is Dr. Sam Chilopora, Edison, Grace Chilopora, Victor Kubik, Alice Chonde, Andre van Belkum, Gladstone Chonde. "Chipatala" means "clinic" in the Chewa language

Alice Chonde at the receptionist's desk. 

Sign in clinic: “To have four children is enough even if they are only girls." The picture shows a happy family with four girls

Dr. Sam Chilopora (age 72) with wife Estherwho came up on four hour bus ride from Balaka, Malawi to meet with us. He received his medical credentials in eastern France many years ago. They are  members of UCG and will be attending the UCG Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe this fall.

Dr. Sam Chilopora
 

Alice and Edison

We walk between the Chonde's home and the clinic

Property just purchased for the new clinic

The main street of this business district

Vendors along the main business street

The Chonde's home about one quarter mile from their clinic

One of many chicks on Chonde's property  

The guard at the Malakia Clinic. That day, however, someone stole the fuse box in the building

Back of the clinic

Andre van Belkum in Mr. Chonde's office

The Chonde's son Meshach has started a computer school and office service with the equipment we sent them on the container last year. He provides computer training, the typing of documents and photocopying

 

Street vendor selling ground nuts (peanuts)

 

Hit Counter

About to land in Lilongwe

Our Air Malawi aircraft which took us
 from Lusaka to Lilongwe
 

The reception room at Malakia Clinic. Show is Grace Chilopra, Alice Chonde, Sam Chilopra

These are the narrow benches people sit on waiting to be seen in the consultation and treatment rooms 

Close up of waiting room  bench. The new clinic will have proper more comfortable chairs

Gladstone and Victor at the back of the clinic

Alice in wheelchair that was sent from Minneapolis by container

 

From the reception room, this is the next stop

The Chonde's in the tiny treatment room

 

A photo of all of us on the site where the new Malakia Clinic will be built. 

The Chonde's were burning off the rubbish on this plot of land

Another view of the property just purchased for the clinic

View from the back of current Malakia Clinic to where the new clinic will be built

The Chonde's new secretary, Leah Mkango. Their former secretary died last year of AIDS along with her husband and two children.

Papaya tree on Chonde's property

The street where the Chonde's live

Meshach Chonde

 

Lilongwe street