Last week I had the privilege of conducting a focus group discussion with 16 women living in the impoverished township of Ndirande, just within Blantyre’s urban district. These were typical Malawian women… most were married with husbands working low-paying, unskilled or semi-skilled labor, while a few were widowed or abandoned; all had several children, [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Culture or Consequence…part 2
Posted in Malawi on June 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Culture or Consequence?
Posted in Kenya, Malawi on June 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of the millions. A boy at the Village to Village Community Orphan Care Project in Domasi, Malawi
Last summer, as I made home visits with community health workers to households caring for children orphaned by AIDS, I reflected on “Africa’s communal culture.” I remember a particular day in which we visited 8 homes, [...]
A day or two…
Posted in Malawi on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite my promise that I would not write this blog as a daily activity journal, i thought i’d give a bit of “a day (or two or three) in the life” … need to catch up a bit, so if you can stand an erratic, stream-of-consciousness sort of post, hopefully i can fill you in [...]
Malawi’s Human Rights Activist
Posted in Malawi on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last Tuesday I had the great fortune to meet with one of the foremost human rights activists in Malawi, Mrs. Emmie Chanika. First as a nurse for the Red Cross, and currently as founder and executive director of the Civil Liberties Committee, she has worked tirelessly promoting human rights in Malawi for over 30 [...]
