Month: January 2009

Sister Esther Lupafya, Co-ordinator of Ekwendeni Hospital Primary Health Care HIV/AIDs Programme, visited the Raven Trust office in Strachur last autumn. Read all about her work and plans in our Newslink Extra. Click on ” Newslink bulletin” at the right of the page and then on Newslink Extra.

Macduff Shipyards are nearing completion of the aluminium clinic boat/lake ambulance designed to serve remote communities on the north-western shore of Lake Malawi (see previous posts). The hull is nearly completed, and has a coat of primer paint for protection. A three-cylinder, air-cooled Lister engine has been installed and the next stage is fitting out of electrics, controls,…

Press reports early in the New Year informed us that Ekwendenihad been hit by a cyclone and hail storm. Reports now received from the General Secretary of the CCAP (Church of Central Africa Presbyterian) in Mzuzu show that the damage is quite extensive. The maize store and Primary School lost their roofs, some Promary School…

The new male ward toilet and shower block at the David Gordon Memorial Hospital in Livingstonia, funded by Rotary, is almost complete. John returned to the UK just before Christmas having supervised the building of the new block, with only the tiling of the floor, painting and some plumbing work still to finish. Hot water…

One of the ways to increase food production in Malawi is to use a plough. While a few have been seen working the fields, they are still a very rare sight. We have funds for a bullock to pull a plough and a cart and are looking for a single ridger. but we have not…

HIV/AIDs is a major issue in Malawi and Mrs Soko of the Primary Health Care (PHC) Department at Livingstonia Hospital is in the forefront of the battle. Every day she see the effects of HIV/AIDs as she provides practical care for families and, particularly, orphaned children. Here she is teaching a ‘Gogo’ (old person) how…