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Barefoot Camp
... being prepared in anticipation of rain. The road continues along the high ground with splendid views of the valleys below. The Mozambique border runs alongside this road too. There is no real indication of where Malawi stops and Moz begins. Some villages fall in both countries.
Manual stone crusher’s stalls are a common sight. The stone in these parts are varied with different colours and some even with a sparkle. The ...
An Unexpected Flip
... Very cool to see local dance going on but a bit weird that he was the head guy in the circle and had a big seat and everyone bowed at him when walking past, especially when we were sitting right next to him and we copped some bows too!!! He also insisted we dance which was embarrassing in front of the whole village, then to top it off I even had to address them at the end before we left!! Very cool and unique experience though, we were real rockstars for a few hours there. Leaving ...
One of Us
... Learning about the family dynamic and struggles to keep newborns healthy plus the efforts of organizations like this to help was very eye opening. My responsibilities were a little more basic though: just play with the babies, feed them some breakfast and maybe hold them if you are so bold. But I really enjoyed it. Seeing the smile on their faces and the look in their eyes just from the simplest form of affection was truly heartwarming.
We got home from the nursery ...
Homeward bound
... human nature is the same the world over.
Further excitement followed as we were later pulled over at a roadblock as the President of Malawi was due to pass us. She duly did, along with a huge number of armoured cars and blacked out land cruisers with the army clinging to the outside with massive guns. I would LOVE it if Cameron had an escort like this. They sped past with sirens, followed by police cars and more blacked out land cruisers, one of which ...
Every problem has an expiry date!
... yes, the same as in Canada) for the secondary school.
There has recently been an increase in hostilities between villagers and the refugees in the camp that has resulted in several killings and skirmishes. Basically the villagers do not want the refugees selling things in their markets because then there is tougher competition and they are also envious of the services that are provided to them. On the refugees end, they started taking advantage of this situation by burning ...
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