Month: September 2019

The second volunteer team has now safely arrived in Malawi, and tomorrow will be heading north to Mzuzu, and thence to Livingstonia. They eye clinic there currently has no staff owing to the death a few months ago of Mr Mkandawire, the ophthalmic clinical officer in charge (see post here), so the team will be…

Team 1 has now returned to the UK, and we’re so grateful for their amazing contribution to improving eye care services in northern Malawi. We look forward to seeing the photos and videos they took, many of which will start appearing on this blog soon, together with reports on the work done. Thank you Steven,…

The current visiting team is having a busy time working in the Mzimba area, at Embangweni mission hospital and Mzimba government hospital. At both hospitals, together with local staff, they’ve overseen the delivery and and installation of lens cutting machines, followed by training. This is a big step forward in developing eye care that is…

We have two teams visiting from the UK this year, during September-October. The first has just departed and will, among many tasks,  be working to help set up lens cutting machines at Embangweni CCAP mission hospital, and Mzimba government hospital. The machines, sent from the UK, have just arrived in a freight container (organised by Smileawi,…