Newsletter 2011
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MUMs Tea towels
The new MUMs tea towel is now available for £4 each. Orders can be made from HERE or from Smartsdesignandprint Click this link to view the full sized image
Wall Hanging
Here is a wall hangings made for the ‘Friends of MUMs’ from Scotland with love. This one is hanging in Bwaila Hospital. With Rachel, Amyand Harriet from the Nurses Association of Malawi.
Diary of February Trip 2010
Friday 26th 2pm- 3pm- Rachel picked me up at the airport- staying with Rachel- hire car waiting for me . Meeting with Harriet at Wellness Centre- Looked around and discussed, MUMs hangings, Charity and what we can do. 4pm-6pm- Meeting with Joanne and Beatrice- Discussed all about feeding programmes Saturday 27th 8 am – Met [...]
The warm heart of Africa
Two positive pieces of news this week, the first being a commitment from the Ministry of Health that the end of October is when the new wing will be officially opened. However the hospital will be functioning with patients before this date. So both the new Bwaila and The Ethel Mutharika Wing will be operating [...]
The dreams continue
Home is getting nearer and excitement is growing, less than two weeks to go. My intention was to slow down a little with visits, however many people wanted to experience the feeding stations and come out with Beatrice and me. On Monday we visited a mother whose baby was a few days old and had [...]
Countdown
Farewells started this week with our usual visit to my special village. I brought 3 home made lemon loaves, cheesie crisps, sausage rolls, biscuits for the children and juice. We had a party! And it was like the parable of the loaves and fishes. I think Beatrice and I fed hundreds of mouths. Our time [...]
A sad visit, or was it?
Monday started at 8am and I met Beatrice to start the long drive, to hopefully collect the two surviving triplets and to take them to the orphanage. I was not looking forward to this at all. I knew it was the only thing we could do as the alternative would certainly end with both babies [...]
The Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan Following on from last weeks upset with the death of little Chisomo, Beatrice telephoned the director of the hospital involved for an update on what was being done regarding the incident. Nothing had been done. The day Beatrice phoned which was last Tuesday and Election Day, no nurses had turned up in [...]
Life is cheap
I visit the orphanage most weeks, usually when I meet up with the nuns and go out with them on their business. One morning I arrived and all the wee ones about 35 in all were sitting on a low wall in the sun, drying and warming their little bodies after their bath. They all [...]
Welcome to MUMs
The Malawi Underprivileged Mothers recipe book was compiled to raise money and awareness of the terrible plight of the mothers and babies in one particularly poor government run hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi.
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MUMs Tea towels
The new MUMs tea towel is now available for £4 each. Orders can be made from HERE or from Smartsdesignandprint Click this link to view the full sized image
Wall Hanging
Here is a wall hangings made for the ‘Friends of MUMs’ from Scotland with love. This one is hanging in Bwaila Hospital. With Rachel, Amyand Harriet from the Nurses Association of Malawi.
Diary of February Trip 2010
Friday 26th 2pm- 3pm- Rachel picked me up at the airport- staying with Rachel- hire car waiting for me . Meeting with Harriet at Wellness Centre- Looked around and discussed, MUMs hangings, Charity and what we can do. 4pm-6pm- Meeting with Joanne and Beatrice- Discussed all about feeding programmes Saturday 27th 8 am – Met [...]