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Wells Project Update 2
We have heard from the Environmental Health Department at Ekwendeni Hospital that the pilot project to repair and maintain wells in the Ekwendeni district is going well. By Christmas, out of 19 wells identified for maintenance, 6 have been repaired. Work is in progress on a further 2 and the rest have been surveyed, the…
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Medical Equipment Maintenance Training
A new development for the Raven Trust is to focus on the issue of servicing and repairs to hospital equipment. Frequently, donated equipment is not working due to a minor fault, as there is a lack of skilled engineers, tools and spares. To address this issue, the Raven Trust is working with CHAM (Christian Hospitals…
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Wells project update
We have heard from John in Malawi that the wells project is going well. So far 4 out of the first 24 wells have been repaired. This means, for one village of around 300 people, that the women no longer have to walk over a mile to gather water from a scrape. One woman commented…