JCHall

Malawi trip

Posted by JCHall | 20th February 2007

A few general notes on Malawi.
I was surprised by how green and lush Malawi is and the people are just tremendous, if you catch anyones eye they smile and everyone is ready to say hello,with a sincere handshake and muli bwangi.
Working in the schools I saw rural and urban all under resourced and all staffed by amasing people doing their best for their students. Teacher training has had a lot of Scottish input and you see similarities in teaching. The students are so intense about their secondary certificate and take their learning so seriously. Many walk up tp 6miles to reach school they start at school 7.30am. Many have no breakfast and schools do not always have food provision at lunch time. Mary's meals a Scottish charity feed 1000s of primary pupils each day, this and free primary education has led to an explosion of those accessing education.

I thouroughly recommend Mvuu wildlife reserve excellent staff and accomodation we saw lots animals.
As a group we had a driver and ex

Continued | Malawi

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