Malawi, Africa

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Malawi, Africa

• TriMedx Foundation Trip
• June 2007

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Malawi is known as the Warm Heart of Africa.
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Bordered by Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia, 20
of Malawi is covered by Lake Malawi(Lake Nyasa)
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86 of Malawians live in villages and farm as
many generations before them.
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Famine and Aids have decreased the life
expectancy from 57 years to 38 years as of 2007.
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Our Malawi Projects

• Blessings and Bottoms Hospital
• Mtendere Orphan Village
• Vita-meal Production Plant

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The TriMedx Foundation partners with Dick and
Suzie Stephens and Napoleon Dzombe of the Malawi
Project as well as Ambassadors for Children to
support the Malawi Projects.
Help us to get on our feet. Do not do for us
what we can do for ourselves. Napoleon Dzombe
Dick and Suzie Stephens
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The Hospitals

• Blessings and Bottoms

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Blessings Hospital
Fact Half of the world--nearly three billion
people, live on less than 2 dollars a day.
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Blessings Baby Ward
Volunteers have painted and donated quilts.
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Much is Donated

• Someone has to get it working

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TriMedx technicians repair radiology and
monitoring equipment..
This now works!
Al Morton, TriMedx, St Marys of Michigan
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TriMedx techs take Inventory and Evaluate
equipment for future repair
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Bottoms Maternity Hospital in Lilongwe
Each mother brings her own food, caregiver, and
garbage bag for cleanup.
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TriMedx donated fans for the delivery rooms to
Bottoms Hospital.
Help is given to provide checkups to newborns
and their mothers.
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Mtendere Children's Village

• Place of Peace

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A new day dawns over the Mtendere children's
village---home to orphans from various villages
of Malawi
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The Village as of June 2007
Mtendere means a Place of Peace
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Each house has a house mother who is
responsible for up to 20 children.
Children now have a real bed, receive heath care
and go to school.
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House Mothers doing daily chores
Older children help take care of younger
children.
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A New Kitchen is in future plans
Preparing Meals at the Childrens Village is not
an easy task.
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Clothes and Shoe donations are used to provide
warmth and dignity to the children of the
village..
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Welcome dances and songs greet all visitors
Kelli Dottenwhy, TriMedx
Mary Larkin, TriMedx
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Children in the village range in ages from 2 to
18.
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Village Children attend school dailywhere
spiritual, educational and social needs are met.
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The Vita-Meal Madilisto Food Production Plant
Goal To ensure that all children of Malawi have
adequate nutritional needs met on a daily basis.
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VitaMeal is a maize and soy vitamin fortified
powder which becomes a porridge meal.
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Volunteers help with Vita-Meal Distribution
Each bag will feed one child for one month
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Images of Malawi..
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Fishing Village
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Transportation is whatever is available
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Selling fruit along the road
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Saying Goodbye
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2007 Malawi AFC TriMedx Volunteers
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• SERVED OVER 2,762 CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS
  ACTIVITIES
• DELIVERED 15,953 IN GOODS AND SERVICES DONATIONS
• PURCHASED 155 MOSQUITO NETS
• PAINTED ROOMS AT BOTTOMS HOSPITAL
• DISTRIBUTED VITA-MEAL TO OVER 1000 CHILDREN
• INVENTORIED ALL ITEMS AT BLESSINGS HOSPITAL

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We make a living by what we get we make a life
by what we give.
Winston Churchill
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