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	<title>Itatu Orphan Care</title>
	<link>http://itatuorphancare.com</link>
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		<title>Teacher’s Union?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first came to Malawi it was part of a joint project between the Canadian Teacher’s Federation and the Teacher’s Union of Malawi&#8230;  I was impressed by the work done by the union to help their members upgrade. I became good friends with Denis, the secretary General of (Teacher’s Union of Malawi (TUM). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/03/07/teacher%e2%80%99s-union/</link>
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		<title>Odds and Ends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case anyone wants to know, it is currently gecko mating season. I know this because the gecko or geckos that run around on my walls are now making a strange chirping noise.  Apparently that is their mating call. I’ve not seen them in the act but I’m not really watching for that.
The other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/03/04/odds-and-ends/</link>
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		<title>Random thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a bit of time in the lab today so here are some more random thoughts about life here.
A birthday card arrived this week.  It took just over a month.  The only other mail has been a FedEx package.  It is frustrating for me because I love getting stuff but also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/02/27/random-thoughts-2/</link>
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		<title>School Fees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Costs for Secondary School
In Malawi there are at least three secondary school options.  A student can go to school full time during the day, part-time in the afternoons or they can attend a boarding school.  The costs for each are as follows:



Part-Time   Learning



Per Term
Per Year


Tuition
$18
$54


Uniform (1)

$8


Text Books

$220


Exam Fee

$9


Total

$291






Full   Time Day School



Per [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/02/25/school-fees/</link>
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		<title>Observations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Malawians have no respect for personal space. They will push or cut in front of anyone in a line. They don’t seem to mind being squeezed into a packed mini bus. They will walk along the street behind a stranger at a very close distance. 
I went to the bank to open an account. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/02/10/observations/</link>
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		<title>A Day in the Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wake up at 5:30 (granted, I have slept the whole night with no teething baby waking me  ).  First I go turn on the hot water heater for the shower.  I could leave it on all night but I don’t want to waste the electricity since I pay for it myself. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/02/08/a-day-in-the-life/</link>
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		<title>A Visit to the Orphan Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday morning I left my house at 7:30 and boarded a coach at 8:00 to go to the day care. The plan was to be there at lunch to see the children. When I got on the bus it was half full. By 9:45 it was full with only a few people standing and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/01/18/a-visit-to-the-orphan-care/</link>
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		<title>School Continued</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today some of the children brought coloured pencils and crayons.  It made life a lot easier. One boy, Ernest, went to a shop and bought a Mickey Mouse art kit.  It has crayons, paints, pastels scissors and a ruler.  This is a boy who goes all out.  This same boy told [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/01/14/school-continued/</link>
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		<title>Message from Azikiwe at Itatu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jennifer,
I would like to let you know that the money you wired whilst in Canada is in the Itatu account now.Thank you very much for all your efforts, we can discuss more when you come. The name of the new girl who replaced John is Rita Zingwa. Everything is going on well so far and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/01/13/message-from-azikiwe-at-itatu/</link>
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		<title>Itatu update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has come to my attention that some of you are disappointed in the use of the Itatu website for updates about my work here in Malawi.  I have been told that some of you thought the posts were inteneded only for news of the orphans.  I assumed that many of you would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://itatuorphancare.com/2010/01/13/itatu-update-2/</link>
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