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Kara O'Mula Lodge Blantyre

Maselema,Blantyre 8., PO Box 80095 Blantyre, Malawi

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Opening A CHILDREN'S CENTRE

A travel blog entry by sarahbattersby

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... understand why this is difficult but also have to staff the setting.

It’s a busy time and we are working long hours. None of us have opened a children’s centre before so we are just dealing with issues and questions as they come up. We are getting there but it is a massive project which needs to develop slowly.

The weekend saw the arrival of Jennie and Joan, the room leaders for the centre. It is good to have them here and it takes some of the ...

Christmas and New Year

A travel blog entry by sarahbattersby

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... episode of I’m a celebrity. We ate this part of the meal with our hands and the Malawians showed us how to make a ball with the Nsima to scoop up the slime, I mean Therere. The Therere was horrible, I like Okra but not this, I think it was the texture that put me off. It still makes me feel a little sick when I think about it.

Next we had Roast Chicken from Diddy which was very lovely and Roast Goat from Gertrude who owns the liquor garden cooked by Di with Yorkshire ...

Over due update from Bats

A travel blog entry by sarahbattersby

... real and it’s no longer just about colour of walls and the toilet partitions.

I visited the city assembly to register the setting. The form made me laugh, there was a tick box question on where the childcare would take place and one of the options was 'under a tree’ what would OFSTED make of that? The officers are supposed to visit the setting and check everything is in place but they do not have transport so they are just going to ...

I'm still alive!

A travel blog entry by sarahbattersby

... while to notice that I had been burgled. I just thought 'I’ve left my room in a bloody mess’ on my return from the liquor garden.

So, I went to the police who came to look at the window and then asked me to assist them with transport. Now, it’s Mk50 for a bus fare and there were 3 of them. When I asked how much they needed for bus fare they told me MK1000. I was so annoyed that they were trying to trick me that I made them walk. This may have ...

I'm still alive!

A travel blog entry by sarahbattersby

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... With a lack of fuel and also cars it has been difficult at times to go out in the evenings. We are trying to work around this and I often stay on a spare bed at the lad’s house.

We have started to market the children’s centre now and I am hoping that we will soon be taking bookings for both fee payers and sponsorship from companies. I will be happy when we have some children on the registers but I’m sure it will happen.
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