It seems I’ve been deceived. The story is somewhat complicated but I’ll try to explain.
During my first week in Malawi I met with Mrs. Chatuluka, the Chairperson of the Community Based Organization. I explained to her my plans and the rationale for my project. She was very supportive and appeared [...]

A few days ago we ate dried fish for dinner. It tasted quite good. That night when I went to sleep I felt a strange feeling in my chest. It felt as if some of the fish had not been digested. It hurt especially when I was lying on my back. [...]

Today we were supposed to go to the Day Care to build a thatch roof on the kitchen. The kitchen is quite a small building only about 60 square feet. I was looking forward to being involved in the building. So far I have felt a lot of frustration at being only [...]

On Tuesday I took a ball to the children as they’d been asking repeatedly for me to bring one. The ball cost me K1500, about $12 and is not a great ball. Next year I will remember to bring deflated soccer balls as they are very expensive here. The children, normally reserved [...]