Month: June 2013

The nutrition unit looks after children who are underweight due to food shortages.  The children are fed Lukina Pala( an enriched maize porridge) and are monitored for weight gain until they are near to normal for their height/age.  They stay at the nutrition unit in Ekwendeni Hospital with a carer – mother, auntie or older sister. The…

Discussions are being held with various organisations regarding the development of a much larger water well programme for Malawi based on the Raven Trust’s experience so far.  This includes a mapping and reporting exercise using an ‘App’ on a mobile phone with GPS facilities.  Any broken wells will be repaired using local personnel and resources.   …

  Across Malawi a large number of water wells and boreholes are not working.   In conjunction with Kiston  Mhango’s  PHC (Primary Health Department) a good start has been made on bringing back into service broken wells around the Ekwendeni area.  Watson knows how to repair the various well types and has now been given…

Three interesting items have been requested  Does anyone have any of the following…     1.       A 16 or 18in bell for a church required by Helen Scott at Ekwendeni         2.       A Myford metal working lathe for the water project so that it can manufacture specialist parts         3.       A large…

Work has progressed on finishing Jamieson House which will provide much needed accommodation for overseas visitors to the Mzuzu area. Recently the gas cooker was installed, storage cupboards built and curtains hung. There is still plenty of painting to be undertaken but the house is looking very smart and practical.

Livingstonia is about 1/3 the size of the Island of Mull. The two roads up to the plateau, which is about 6,500 ft above sea level, are “difficult” during the rainy season making Livingstonia as inaccessible and remote as any small Scottish island. It is a beautiful, idyllic place, but as with any small community, the…