6th March 2014: This is amaranth - called the plant for pregnant women in Northern Zambia. It is very high in iron and helps prevent haemorrhage during childbirth, which is a huge contributor to maternal mortality, which is one of the worst in the world. It grows well
4th March 2014: This is our pump maker, William. I went with him to a village in Dunduzu to look at some wells which needed new pumps. This one needed a new top so William got into action and mixed the concrete to make the slab. The people
25th June 2013: This is Chrissie on the Lusangazi Farm. She is a bright, observant girl and in charge of watering, de-suckering and pest control. From her observations on the farm she has initiated a mulching system with tephrosia. She is also in charge of first-aid. She also
12th June 2013: The little boy is named Fortunate and has Cerebral Palsy. When we eventually discovered him about two months ago, and got medical care for him in St John of God Services, he weighed just 7 kg even though he was four years old. He was starving
24th February 2013: Of all the things we have done in our eight years, this is my favourite. The picture shows mother with newborn, a few hours old beside Lillian the birth attendant and the grandmother. Mother, baby and grandmother will, by now, have walked home, maybe
15th January 2013: Steve washing his hands and Alfred in attendance! Harisen writes: John, It was a bright day today, we went to Msiki area in Kambiro village. We installed a pump in their village, GPS; S 11*22.526, E 033*55.899 About 311 people will be using the pump and can now
11th January 2013: This is a special area in a citrus grove where we have planted passion fruit (called granadilla in Malawi) with wires on which we train them, as they have a creeping nature. This is Martha from NRC tying them to the wires so that
6th December 2012: Washing hands is a crucial part of the daily ritual at MICA preschool. Miriam is pregnant and suffering morning and daily sickness, so Jen is the Mama, as always. Of course Grace is there as well. They all line up in a row, holding on,
26th October 2012: We work very closely with the Mzuzu Health centre in terms of providing them with whatever medicines we can get Dr Paddy Feeney to cajole out of the drugs companies who, in fairness, are most generous. This is a referral hospital, under-staffed and
22nd October 2012: Mary supports two groups in Lusangazi. One is home-based care for HIV/AIDS sufferers and the other is a Gogos/grannies club, but a few brave men come as well. The first is a sensitive and personal relationship, where she joins a few dots working with
23rd September 2012: Every time I have an occasion to browse through the self improvement and achieving goals section of books at an airport I realise that Alepher, pictured here with Mary could have written them all, because what they all boil down to is: DECIDE
8th May 2012: Before we came this time Br Aidan put out the call for medicines, as supplies were running low in their service as well as elsewhere in Malawi. We rang our stalwart, Dr Paddy Feeney in Kilmacud, Co. Dublin - he got onto his suppliers