Warm welcome from WUSC Staff
When I arrived at the Malawi airport I was pleasantly surprised to see a parade in action with throngs of people milling around. At first I thought it was for me but then I realized Malawi’s President...
View ArticleArrival at Campus Lodge, Mchinji, Malawi
I had lived in Nairobi ,Kenya in the late 70’s when my father, a UBC Professor worked with CIDA for two years to help to establish the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Commerce. I loved the red dirt...
View ArticleDay Off
Well power outages, sporadic internet access and a huge amount of work or shall I say opportunity to grasp while I am here. I will honestly say I am slightly overwhelmed. The volunteers at the radio...
View ArticleMy first SWOT workshop
I just read my last entry and I did do more than walk one road I walked two roads both very simple -one straight road for my walk and another straight road to get to the market area. As long as I...
View ArticleMWC Radio Listening Clubs
Today I had the great pleasure of meeting Chief who is the chair of the MWC Advisory Board and a active Adivisory Board member. They want the station to be independent as the Chief says – CRECCOM (the...
View ArticleWeekend at Lake Malawi
I am sitting on my deck overlooking Lake Malawi in….. the pouring rain. I left Mchinji at 7am Saturday and caught a minivan to Lilongwe. The van was only supposed to hold 16 passengers but we had 20...
View ArticleLast two workshops
Monday morning I gave a workshop on fund raising and proposal writing to about 10 volunteers. I spent most of Sunday night writing all the information on a flip chart – no power point presentation...
View ArticleThe final push
We held a last minute meeting with the MWC Radio advisory board and volunteers. It was the first time the two groups had met together. The purpose of the meeting was to review an action time line to...
View ArticleWrap up meeting with WUSC
It has taken me a while to put my final report together. Rather than just summarize the activity over the last two weeks I am also trying to make recommendations and action steps that the volunteers...
View ArticleBack to Lilongwe and then home
Jacob drove me back to Lilongwe and to the Korean Lodge where I spent my first night in Malawi. It was mid afternoon so I gathered my courage and walked to the shopping area. I made it back without...
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