Visitor's View 3

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“A Visitor’s View” 3....

I feel very privileged to have had such an opportunity to visit Malawi, and also to be able to share a little of it with you.

All too soon my time in Malawi was at an end and it was time to face the roads back to Blantyre. I could write very much more about my time there but have picked just a few highlights.My overwhelming memories of Malawi, are of its wonderful and friendly people. Although desperately poor and many are dressed in rags, people have time to greet each other and are overjoyed to welcome a visitor.

I was also struck by the meticulous accounting of David & Lynda. They pledge that every penny given to Aid Africa will go to the poor and I can assure anyone that this is what happens, in a way that fosters dignity and responsibility in the recipient. The desire is that people are empowered to help themselves and the needy around them, not become dependent on aid or westerners, - giving a hand-up, not hand-out.

So the community gardens continue to increase, the staff administrates them all from planting to distribution of harvest, on foot or push-bike, covering many miles in the blistering heat. Therefore, a motor-bike is desperately needed, as the most economic and appropriate transport for these road.
Any ideas anyone?

The local laundrette!

I was surprised at the density of the population stretching out in every direction and charmed by Malawi’s children forming the vast majority.

Jim Huegett