Month: June 2013
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Nutrition Unit at Ekwendeni Hospital
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…
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Water 4 Malawi
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. …
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Water Well Repair
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…