Wednesday, January 27. 2010
Hello Everyone!
This update comes to you from the United States. Andy and I are back in America now that the project has neared completion.
Below are the latest photos from Chisala, showing the nearly finished clinic. It's so wonderful to see a real, tangible building where there once was none!
- Maggy
Friday, December 4. 2009
Just click the thumbnails across the bottom to view them.
Wednesday, November 4. 2009
September 20 – October 20, 2009 Newsletter
The Site as of 20 October 2009...
Done! Stage 1 - Clear land & shift materials to site
Done! Stage 2 – Break ground & lay foundations
Almost! Stage 3 – Raise the walls (nearly there!)
Stage 4 – Roofing
Stage 5 – Plastering, pointing and finishing
What we’ve been up to this month...
Mangalasi Construction Company arrived this month and broke ground on the 24 September. We have been told by many that bringing a structure to ground level is the most time-consuming and resource intensive phase of any construction project. October is also the hottest month of the year in Malawi. With this in mind, the labourers’ rapid progress is even more impressive. After finalising and marking out the location for each structure, nearly a week was spent digging the one-metre deep foundations using just shovels, hoes and axes. The next step was pouring “footing concrete,” a ten centimetre concrete bottom layer upon which bricks are laid up to the ground level. Once at ground level, the soil is backfilled and levelled ready for the concrete slab which will be the floor of the structure. When the concrete slab has fully dried, bricklaying can begin.
With all this activity, there has been a real buzz on site which has motivated everyone. Mangalasi Construction Company have brought a troop of energetic labourers with them, but have also hired labourers from the community – including three TEVET trainees from a previous development project in Chisala, evidence of the TEVET scheme’s success. While it is clear this team of labourers are hard working (on site six days a week from 6am – 5pm), there is also a real sense of fun and camaraderie on site, which keeps us all going on those long days. Having waited so long for activity, it is exciting to see things moving along quickly and they have now completed the foundations for both the maternity clinic and Medical Assistant’s house and the walls are rising daily.
How Bricks are Made
As mentioned in the previous newsletter, the community are working with us to clear the land, collect sand and make bricks as part of their 25% contribution to this project. This past month the community has focussed on bricks which accounts for the bulk of their contribution. Below we outline the long and labour-intensive process to explain how bricks are made in rural areas such as Chisala (pictures below). #
- A thick mud is made using soil and water (must be near a water supply).
- The mud is put into a wooden mould so that the mud takes the shape of a brick (repeat this step thousands of times!) These wet bricks are left to dry in the sun for 3 days until they harden.
- The dried bricks are then used as building blocks to create an “oven.” The number of bricks will determine the size of the oven and number of “doors.”
- The exterior of the oven is then covered with a layer of mud so that it will retain the heat when it is burned.
- Firewood must then be collected – enough to sustain several large fires which will be set in each of the doors.
- The fires need to be kept going for 12 hours and are therefore monitored as wood must be added. Once hot enough, the doors are ‘closed’ or covered with broken bricks and mud to trap in the heat, creating temperatures high enough to turn dried mud into solid bricks.
- Once the oven has been burned and left to cool for at least 3-4 days, the bricks are collected and transported to the construction site. The outer bricks which are covered in mud are generally not used.
Community Contributions
One of the most important aspects of this project is that it is a community-based effort. But working with a community in rural Malawi can often be challenging as this project is not their main priority. Men work hard to make a living for their families or labour in the fields while women work from morning until night to simply keep their families going. Whether going to the market, cooking, tending fires, washing clothes, washing dishes, bathing babies or tending to their crops, people here are busy, which sometimes makes community contributions difficult. The other issue is that there is no easy way to disseminate information. Without e-mails, mobile phones or even the ability to post a simple letter, it is difficult to inform people when we need help. Generally a note or message is sent to a village headmen and it is up to him to tell his people. This doesn’t always happen. Finally, there is that age old problem: Everyone thinks that someone else is helping. This has been frustrating, but seen in this context, understandable. While the community contribution has not been one of overwhelming assistance and support, it has been steady and, most importantly, strong enough to make the project move forward. 
 Having said that, there is one demographic who can’t do enough to help, and that is the children of Chisala. Children as young as two and three try to help us load and offload bricks and while they can’t do a lot, we love having them around.
But boys and girls from ages six and seven upwards, these kids have made this project happen. Just when it seems there is no way we can finish a certain task, twelve kids will appear and offer to help. Often we will collect a load of building materials and then we are distracted by something else before we can offload. When our attention returns, we find that the truck is empty. In most situations, a group of young boys have offloaded and swept the truck clean without us even asking. When we collect bricks, we can always be assured that there will be no fewer than six young people assisting us. The other day, we arrived on site to find the entire primary school carrying bricks on their heads from the oven behind their classrooms to the maternity clinic – it was quite a sight. These kids give us endless entertainment and joy. On the busiest and most stressful days, they make us stop to play a game or to make us laugh. For this, we are eternally grateful.
Stories from Chisala
 Here is a photo of a four-day old little girl who was brought to the health clinic a couple of weeks ago. She was born October 4th at home. The mother characterized the birth as a “self delivery.” That day we learned that in Malawi, babies are not named until their umbilical cord falls off.
This story may not be as closely related to the maternity clinic as other stories have been, however, (at the risk of sounding cheesy) it is one that is close to our hearts. Moles (Mo-leez) Sambo is one and a half years old. She was born in December 2007 along with her twin sister, Maureen. One year later, as she was just learning to walk she stumbled, face-first into a fire as her parents worked close by in their field. Nine months later, her face has nearly healed, but the scar tissue is bad, and her left eye and mouth are disfigured. Although she has received basic healthcare at the Chisala health clinic (i.e. weekly dressing changes and antibiotics), the family of six have been unable to explore further medical assistance because of financial constraints. For people living in rural areas, a visit to a central hospital is not straightforward or inexpensive. Often, the whole process can take weeks, and the time and costs associated with travel to and from the hospital as well as food and living expenses make it an exhausting and difficult upheaval for a family. These deterrents often prevent some of the neediest people from getting the medical attention they so desperately need.
While it is not possible to help everyone we see at the clinic, we felt Moles and her family were an exceptional case. For the equivalent of $15 USD of the money you helped us to raise, Moles and her family were able to travel to the Mzuzu Central Hospital, where they stayed for nearly two weeks and were seen by doctors who have scheduled reconstructive eye surgery for her at the end of this month. Report on her progress to follow.
 Last month we told you about one of our TEVET trainees, Christian, and his wife, Daliess, who are expecting twins. Well, nearly four weeks later, Daliess was still at the Nkhata Bay District Hospital living at their guardian shelter.  Christian returned from visiting her this past week and announced that she had been placed on bed rest as the doctor’s were now convinced she was expecting not twins, but triplets. Christian made no secret of the fact that he was scared of being father to three babies, but he was even more concerned for the health of his wife. Multiple births in America and Europe are high risk, so here in Malawi there is even greater cause for concern. But we are pleased to report that Daliess safely delivered twin girls (not triplets!) on Monday the 19th October. We picked them up from the hospital on Tuesday, October 27th.
Us!
 After the last newsletter, several people said, “We want to see a picture of you guys!” Here we are, in all our dusty and sweaty glory. (Left to right: Emily Kerr-Muir, Andy Keet, Maggy Keet)
Thank you!
This month we would like to highlight the generous grants from The Diocese of Connecticut from their Millennium Development Goal Fund and The Jephcott Charitable Trust (www.jephcottcharitabletrust.org.uk) which funds health, environment and education projects in the UK and overseas.
We have continued to receive donations this past month and for that we are truly grateful.
Contact Details
Maggy & Andy: 00 (265) 88 402 7251 / Emily: 00 (265) 88 843 6248
Because internet access is relatively scarce and the connections we get are so slow, we are not checking our project mail as often as we were and have reverted to using our own email accounts. For more information or for ways to get involved please contact one of us:
maggykeet@googlemail.com / andykeet@hotmail.com / emkm99@hotmail.com
Tuesday, September 22. 2009
The Site as of 20 September 2009
It may not look too exciting yet, but there has been a lot of progress on site this month!
Stage 1 - Clear land & shift materials to site -- COMPLETED!
Stage 2 – Break ground & lay foundations
Stage 3 – Raise the walls
Stage 4 – Roofing
Stage 5 – Plastering, pointing and finishing
By the time you receive the next newsletter we should have completed stages two and three.
What we’ve been up to this month...
There was a slight delay with the contractor, but it didn’t hold us back. In fact, we found this pause useful as we spent the month shifting materials to the building site. The community have moulded bricks (250,000 in total) all over Chisala, some close by, some several kilometres away. Similarly, sand has been collected by community members all over the village. Bricks and sand must therefore be transferred from these areas back to the building site which is a time consuming and labour intensive job. Over the past month we have stockpiled tens of thousands of bricks and nearly 60 tonnes of sand and 30 tonnes of quarry stone (aggregate). Having these materials on site in mass quantities will help construction run smoothly once the contractor arrives as it is often because of a lack of bricks, sand or quarry stone that building projects are delayed. There is also the difficult job of land clearing which is part of the communities’ contribution to this project. Clearing land without chainsaws (or any saws for that matter) is also incredibly labour intensive. The community have felled trees*, removed stumps and cleared heavily forested areas using just small axes, hoes and ‘slashers’ (machetes).
*Hey, all you tree-lovers out there don’t worry! We are already planning a tree re-plantation scheme to repopulate the area around the clinic with indigenous trees and plants.
Mangalasi Construction Company is scheduled to be starting construction on Monday, 21 September.
The Truck
Moving bricks, sand, quarry stone (aggregate) and materials like cement would be impossible without the use of large vehicle. We have purchased this 3-tonne truck with the help of the Nkhata Bay District Hospital which will be essential throughout the project. Once the project is complete in December we will donate this truck to the District Hospital. This vehicle will be useful to them in future maintenance and building projects.
Introducing the Maternity Clinic Committee
We are very fortunate to be working with a dedicated and hard-working maternity clinic committee who were selected by their communities to take these positions of leadership. They are the key to the project’s success. Whether shifting sand or leading meetings with village headmen and the Traditional Authority, the committee are on site before we arrive and leave after we have gone home. They are also crucial in their role as translators and are always helping us to understand the nuances of village politics and Malawian culture. We’d be lost without them!
The committee have started taking us to see all 19 village headmen and their communities to check on brick production and community participation in activities such as land clearing. But this wasn’t their first time making the rounds, they had been working hard before we had even arrived, evidenced by the number of bricks and people’s understanding of the project and their role in it. This time-consuming and challenging task really brought into relief the leadership skills and strengths of this well-respected maternity clinic committee. For a community-based project such as ours this type of understanding in the villages and the successful dissemination of knowledge is invaluable.
(Left to right: Leonard Chisiwawa (Vice Chairman), Elias Kandawire (Chairman), Agnes Lungu (Committee Member), George Mkwakwa (Secretary), Matthew Kasambala (Treasurer).)
Introducing the TEVET trainees
One of the most exciting aspects of this project is the TEVET Scheme (Technical, Entrepreneurial, Vocational and Educational Training) which is run all over Malawi. In coordination with TEVET, we have selected five young people between the ages of 18-35 with a minimum level of education to learn the building trade through on-the-job training over the next three months. They will learn everything from how to dig foundations and lay bricks to wiring, plumbing, carpentry and roofing. As part of the TEVET scheme we have purchased all the tools they will need as well as a toolbox to get them started. We had many applications and held formal interviews but ultimately had to choose just five very promising and enthusiastic applicants. We look forward to seeing how they progress over the coming months.
(Left to right: Dickens Ngwira, Mayor Kauta, Happy Banda, Christian Theu and Foster Nyrienda.)
Stories
While the project is progressing well, there are also those days where we meet obstacles or complications which have made this project challenging. But this month we have witnessed firsthand or heard stories which serve as daily reminders of our purpose here.
Last week we were approached by a community member and friend whose daughter, Emma, is seven months pregnant. He explained that she thought something was wrong and asked if we would take her to the nearest maternity clinic in Mpamba which is approximately 17 kilometres away. Of course we agreed and minutes later we were driving Emma and her aunt to Mpamba. We learned the next day that she had been admitted and would have to live at this clinic until November because if further complications did arise she may not be able to get back to the maternity clinic in time. She must live there alone for the next two months. Her family are devastated as they will only be able to visit her occasionally. Transport is a major problem in this area. No one in Chisala owns a vehicle and public transport is practically non-existent.
Christian, one our TEVET trainees, is married and his wife, Daliess, is expecting twins. She has been living at the guardian shelter in Nkhata Bay (even further than Mpamba maternity clinic) with her mother for over a month awaiting the birth of her babies. Like all women in Chisala, it would be very difficult and risky attempting to get to a maternity clinic once in labour (particularly with multiple births), so they make the journey far in advance. Christian must now get firewood and money for food to his wife and mother-in-law however he can. We are happy to give him rides to and from Nkhata Bay when we go, but if we weren’t here to provide rides he would struggle to get these essential lifelines to them.
Mrs. Nyali, the nurse at the existing health clinic in Chisala told us a story about a woman who, just last week, had come to her with a newborn baby. Mrs. Nyali enquired, as she always does, how this woman had delivered. The woman explained that she had been trying to walk to Mpamba maternity clinic but labour had progressed too quickly and she had given birth alone in the woods by the side of the road without any medical supplies or assistance.
Come December, women like Emma and Daliess will be able to live at home with the support of their families and friends and will be able to access the maternity clinic in a matter of minutes. And women will no longer have to risk long walks to access a safe birthing environment. On the difficult days, we remember stories like this (and many others) and the obstacles or challenges we face seem small in comparison.
Thank You!
Thank you all for your donations, advice and ongoing support. We hope this newsletter gives you a better picture of the project and community you are supporting. We look forward to hearing your feedback and will be in touch soon. And thank you particularly to GAIA for all the advice and assistance that they have given us over the past year, and particularly in the last month.
Contact details and further information
Contact
Maggy & Andy: 00 (265) 88 402 7251 / Emily: 00 (265) 88 843 6248
Because internet access is relatively scarce and the connections we get are so slow, we are not checking our project mail as often as we were and have reverted to using our own email accounts. For more information or for ways to get involved please contact one of us:
maggykeet @ googlemail.com / andykeet @ hotmail.com / emkm99 @ hotmail.com
Tuesday, September 8. 2009
Maggy, Andy, and Emily are now in Malawi, deeply entrenched in working on the Maternity Clinic, Doctor's House, and outbuildings.
This email was sent to me by Maggy on September 7th, and the story too touching not to share. It really brings home that they are all exactly where they are supposed to, and need to be. They are making the world a better place with the work they're doing in Malawi.
- Amber
Dear Friends,
Well this week has been testing to say the least. One of those weeks
where I wonder why I am here. But also one of those weeks where I
completely see why I am here.
Andy and I were sitting outside the clinic one morning early this
week, doing some planning and number crunching when Mrs. Nyali, the
only clinic nurse, tapped on the glass and motioned for us to come
over. Through the window she said, I am alone here and the clinic is
very busy, but I need someone to sit with this very sick baby until
her mother comes back. We immediately agreed, walked around, came
inside and went to the back room of the clinic. There was a 6-month
old baby girl lying alone on a big bed. Her clothes had been taken
off and she was wrapped in sort of a damp cloth. Her body was arched,
her arms outstretched and rigid by her sides, her eyes were rolling
around and into the back of her head, her breathing was laboured. I
recognized immediately what was going on. The week before when we
were staying at the guest house in Nkhata Bay we had a big BBQ with
some of the other people staying there, one of which was a Scottish
med student. He had just completed a stint in a Blantyre (Southern
Malawi) hospital and during our conversation about malaria he had told
us about the almost-always deadly cerebral malaria and how it
presented in children: arms outstretched and rigid by their sides. He
had shown us what this looked like and this is exactly what this baby
was doing. I have never felt so helpless in my entire life. Mrs.
Nyali explained that this infant girl had just vomited from her mouth
and nose and had been convulsing and she wanted us there in case it
happened again, but she really needed to get back to seeing the dozens
of other people who were waiting to be seen before the clinic closed.
This baby was obviously being taken to the District Hospital as
nothing could be done at the clinic, but the mother had gone to tell a
nearby friend she was going to the hospital who would then go on to
pass the message to her family who lived far away.
Andy and I were left alone with this tiny person who was suffering so
badly. We didn’t want to pick her up and make her even more
uncomfortable, so we just stroked her, rubbed her and talked to her.
We watched her for only twenty minutes or so, but I am serious when I
say there were several moments where Andy and I both thought this
little girl was leaving the world. Her breathing would go from heavy
and laboured to an abrupt stop in just one breath. Scared as I was,
we didn’t want her to die alone – we wanted her to feel the presence
of people around her, loving her. It all got a bit much though and I
teared up just moments before the mother came back to the room. I had
to quickly leave the room and dry my eyes as Andy said, “you have to
be strong for the mother.” She was very upset too – she tried, in
vain, to bend the baby’s arms, to uncurl her tightly clenched fists,
but to no avail. Things weren’t looking good. The motorbike came and
the woman was loaded into the covered side cart with her baby. We
were all sure she wouldn’t make the journey to the District Hospital.
The rest of that day, I thought of this little girl. I woke up in the
night and for two hours thought of this little girl. Wondering if she
had made it.
The next day and for days after I asked Mrs. Nyali to let me know if
she heard anything about the baby. But I think we were all hoping for
the best, expecting the worst. If it were, in fact, cerebral malaria
there was only a slim chance of her living especially as she was so
young and treatment had likely been very delayed. But still, I kept
asking and the answer was always, “No, sorry, I haven’t heard
anything.”
Yesterday, Andy and I were playing with some boys at the playground
when a couple walked up to me. The woman said, “Sister, look!” as she
pulled the cloth away from her baby’s face. This happens often.
Women always want to show me their babies, want me to take photos,
etc. But suddenly, I made the connection. I hadn’t been at all
prepared for this. There was the little girl, I immediately
recognized her bushy eyebrows. I couldn’t believe it – here she was,
fit and well, yet still a little subdued. The woman passed the baby
to me and relayed in broken English that Mrs. Nyali had told her to
find me and tell she me that she was okay. I hugged this little girl,
kissed her head. Andy and I both rejoiced. I took a photo with her.
I will cherish it forever.
Sunday, March 8. 2009
 Emily found this open letter to the editor in The Times yesterday. It's been written by several celebrities like Annie Lennox, Dido and Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche (author of "Half of a Yellow Sun" and "Purple Hibiscus"). This letter reinforces just how important this maternity clinic will be to the community of Chisala and how many lives it will save. It also echoes our own mission statement: We believe that women should not have to risk their health or the health of their unborn child. We believe a safe birth and the proper care and education before and after should be shared by all women the world over.
The letter reads as follows:
"Sir, As we celebrate International Women’s Day tomorrow it is important to remember that millions of women around the world are still being denied a fundamental human right: the right to have a child without being forced to gamble unnecessarily with their lives.
One woman will die every minute in pregnancy or childbirth; that’s more than half a million each year. In the developing world, this remains the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. But a vast majority of these lives could be saved if only mothers in poor communities had access to the basic healthcare that we take for granted: hospitals, medicines, doctors and midwives.
This situation is deplorable. Many of us, through our work with Oxfam, have visited developing countries and witnessed the incredible challenges that pregnant women face. And yet, where even a comparatively small investment is made in free, accessible public healthcare systems, the numbers of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth can be dramatically reduced. Just one extra midwife will save the lives of more than 200 mothers.
As the global economic crisis deepens, the need for action becomes ever more urgent. Faced with the prospect of receiving less aid, poor governments may be forced to cut back their public spending on vital projects such as healthcare, education and social protection: the very programmes that people living in poverty need most in times of crisis. Without them, millions of people won’t be able to meet their basic needs, and women and children will suffer most as they take over responsibility for providing the resources and services that their governments cannot.
It is more important than ever that we maintain pressure on rich governments such as our own to keep the promises to increase aid and to give more to help poor country governments to provide the basic public services their people need.
Women across the world deserve nothing less.
Annie Lennox, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Dido, Emily Eavis, Joanna Lumley, Mariella Frostrup, Meera Syal, Oumou Sangare, Ruby Wax, Vanessa Branson, Zoë Ball, Dame Barbara Stocking"
Tuesday, December 16. 2008
Several months ago my aunt gave me a book called Nine Hills to Nambonkaha. It's an incredible book written by a Peace Corps volunteer, Sarah Erdman, who spent two years living in the West African nation of Cote D'Ivoire. She has some health training but finds that without a midwife, the villagers call on her when women are having complications during delivery. She describes a few situations where she is called to help women in labour. I just want to write an excerpt from this book, because I think it really highlights the problem in many rural villages in Africa.
"Mariam is a complicated case. She is no longer pacing, and she looks cold and pale against the pagne that serves as a delivery table. Her contractions come strong, but nothing happens. There are rushes of blood, swallowed cries. This labour is too long for a third child. With the help of my midwiving book, I conjure up several drastic life-threatening scenarios and try to figure out which one applies tonight...
The vielles (elders) try indigenous techniques. Kinafou fills a calabash with dried corn. She fits it against Mariam's stomach and rocks her back and forth, the corn shaking with a sound like maracas against her tight belly. Another vielle finds a clay pot with its side missing and puts burning coal inside. Mariam squats over it, as if to smoke the baby out....
Mariam tenses and shudders. A tear squeezes out of her eye and slides to the floor. It is pitch-dark outside, and the air is cool. There is no car here, no phone, no sink, no bright light. We are one village under the stars, and we are all alone. But the vielles are working hard, crouched around this struggling woman. One sits behind her, supporting her head and torso, holding her hands. Blood saturates a pagne and pools on the floor" (Erdman; 2003, 81-82).
This woman lives. But many do not.
Every birth should be attended by a trained health professional. Labour is no less scary for a mother in New York than a mother in Malawi. Especially when there are life threatening complications.
Monday, December 1. 2008
 Today is World AIDS Day. It's a day to be reminded of the catastrophic effects of the HIV virus around the world and how much still needs to be done. There are approximately 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. And approximately 95% of those people living with the virus are living in developing countries, like Malawi. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 and are killed by AIDS before they are 35 (source: Avert.org). That's why The Amai Athanzi Project is firmly committed to ensuring that there is increased awareness and education in HIV/AIDS in Chisala. We hope that the maternity clinic and its programmes will provide an excellent platform for this essential education.
Sunday, October 5. 2008
Emily and I returned from a very successful research trip at the end of September. We met with people at the District Hospital and with the community in Chisala and this project is ready to move forward. We have signed agreements with everyone involved - the District Hospital will be providing the contractor and labour for the building project and will equip and maintain the hospital once built. They will also hire a Medical Assistant (Doctor) for the clinic. The community has agreed to make 250,000 bricks (and have already started!) and will provide sand and water (necessary for making cement) as well as labour when we start the project. Our job is to raise the approximately $80,000/£40,000 for the supplies! We have a long way to go but are already on our way. Please contact me if you want to help or get involved with the project!
Sunday, August 10. 2008
 Today Emily and I baked nearly 300 individual cake type things to sell tomorrow at mine and Andy's office. We are exhausted! It took nearly 8 hours, but it's O-V-E-R! Let's hope it pays off. I never want to bake again!!!
Continue reading "CAKE SALE"
Sunday, August 3. 2008
 I hardly have the energy to write, but the 14 mile race is finished. It was hilly, more like a hike than a run! But we completed it in about 2hrs 35minutes, which I think is an incredible feat considering how difficult it was. We raised nearly £200 for The Amai Anthazi Project and I couldn't be more proud. Thanks to all who supported us.
Continue reading "SUCCESS!"
Sunday, July 27. 2008
Next Sunday I'm going to be running a 14-mile race in Liphook to raise money for the project. This will be the longest I've ever run (last year I did a half-marathon, 13.1 miles). I signed up for this race because I thought it would be a little more challenging, but I missed this part of the race website which says:
"The terrain is hilly and the long race is particularly tough. Taking place in August, the weather can also be hot although water stations are provided along the route."
Hmm...so it's longer and more difficult.
Anyway, pray for me! Also if anyone would like to sponsor me, that would be wonderful. Please get in touch with me if you're interested. Thanks!
Thursday, July 24. 2008
At this point...people working for the project are myself (Maggy) and my dear friend, Emily. We both have an interest in International Development and are looking to channel this energy into something real, like this project. So right now, the project consists of two 25 year old women, who think they have it in them to pull this off!
When I left Malawi in December, I had asked two men in Chisala if they would oversee the project when it came time to start building. I asked them for two reasons. They were both heavily involved in the project I was working on at the time and they are some of the most committed, reliable, and trustworthy people I’ve ever met. They are also well respected in the community and they know the politics of this small Malawian village. They know how to make things happen. These two men are Douglas Gondwe and Chipulouha Banda (the 2 men on the right.)
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