tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12884256162303991462024-03-14T10:57:50.652-07:00UbuntuUbuntuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380626213062445969noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-4927615458386664522013-04-16T14:39:00.002-07:002013-04-16T14:39:34.009-07:00Some Links...Just checked out the World Renew Malawi site and found that both Nancy and Peter posted in the last couple days:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.worldrenew.net/our-stories/team/nancy-njunji-kimani/success-attracts-success">"Success Attracts Success" by Nancy Njunji Kimani</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.worldrenew.net/our-stories/team/peter-timmerman/%E2%80%9Cpongono-pongono%E2%80%9D">“Pongono, Pongono” by Peter Timmerman</a></li>
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Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-68205834415493193922013-04-16T14:27:00.002-07:002013-04-16T14:27:41.548-07:00Last Day: Moving Forward - Notes from Heather<br />
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We have had a great time here and it is difficult to believe that our visit is almost over. Today we are meeting in Lilongwe with the development committee, a few of the folks from Kamanzi, some Nkoma Relief and Development staff and World Renew staff to begin making plans for the future. </div>
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The Kamanzi folks along with the development committee are meeting right now in small groups to identify areas of need. Yesterday Peter Timmerman, the Regional Director of World Renew led a workshop in Kamanzi to identify the successes and the fruit of the projects that have been going on. It has been very good for us to hear some of the benefits that have come to families through the projects we are supporting. Many of the families who have received goats or soy and ground nut loans have used the increased income to pay for their children's secondary school fees, or to improve their homes. There are a few entrepreneurs who have also 'invested' in small trading enterprises to increase their income even more.</div>
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These are some photos of the last day of meetings:</div>
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<br />Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-62555890894278902832013-04-15T21:13:00.001-07:002013-04-15T21:13:33.895-07:00How the Youth of Kamanzi see their VillageDuring our Rapid Participatory Rural Appraisal, we put a couple cameras in the hands of 8 young people and told them to take photos of what brought them joy. These are the best 30 photos from the 140 that they took:<br />
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After six long days in Kamanzi, Lilongwe, and Nkhoma, our little team spent a couple restful nights and one full day on the shores of picturesque Lake Malawi. We parked ourselves at a resort in Cape Maclear in the southern part of the lake, about 3.5 hours drive from Lilongwe. Richard, the accountant at World Renew, kindly accompanied us on the trip.</div>
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When we weren't bartering with local artisans, we relaxed, journaled, read, ate, and took an afternoon boat ride to Thumbi island. Ken and Zaak snorkelled among the famous cichlid groups - the worldwide source of these freshwater aquarium fish; with about 500 species of cichlids, we would see new ones at every turn.<br />
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Then we went to the east side of Thumbi where our Flamingo, our captain, called the fish eagles and tossed small fish into the lake so we could watch them come screaming down and grab the fish in their talons. Rockin!<br />
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I got a brief and impromptu tour of the only secondary school in Kamanzi, just a short walk from the main church. It is was built within the last decade and currently has 180 learners from grades 9-12 (or Forms 1 through 4). From what I could understand, there are 12 teachers to cover the 9 subjects for the four grades. Considering the classes have between 35-50 students, it's still a ton of work to prep and mark for the 4 courses being taught.<br />
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I was particularly impressed with a grade 11 learner who was helping out some classmates during a break. He was completing the square to solve a quadratic equation. There were maps and information tables covering walls and black boards in all 4 classrooms.<br />
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40 female learners board at the school too so they don't have to travel home every night. In fact they only return home during term breaks.<br />
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Textbooks are a real issue. Each course has only 1 or 2 textbooks to share between the teacher and the few dozen students. You can imagine the condition of theses textbooks too.<br />
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Ken and I got to explain a bit about wheat to a senior geography class as they study the great plains of Canada and the main crops. They had never even seen a picture of a head of wheat. It was fun explaining the size of a harvester to them. And check it out - they even have chinook (the snow melter wind) on their great winds map.<br />
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We have been travelling back and forth to Kamanzi almost every day since we arrived in Malawi. Our primary driver has been Weston whose 'real' job is as Accountant for Nkoma Relief and Development. He deserves special recognition for the significant extra work he has put in which also includes acting as our translator for most of the functions and correcting and enhancing the little Chichewa we have picked up. This means he has been driving at least 3 hours every day and sometimes twice that amount of time if there is an unexpected trip as when Jane had a bout of Malaria. She tried to continue working after some medication and came out to the village(s) for a workshop but could not continue so Weston had another 3 hour drive to take Jane back to Llongwe to the hospital then return to take us home. Below is a picture of Weston in his office in Nkoma. Like many Canadians, he lives in Llongwe and commutes to Nkoma to work which is about 1 hour away. Nkoma is a more mountainous area with trees that give the area a feel like Banff. A large part of our purpose was relationships and it has been a tremendous joy to meet the support staff like Weston who are so dedicated and caring. Thanks Weston. </div>
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Everyone is happy that we have come, but we definitely have an impact. We are treated like royalty and a large part of that is having a number of meals with the villagers which means a lot of cooking by the ladies in preparation. We have not been able to stick to schedules very well (which is not always our fault) so often we have kept the people waiting sometimes for a half day or more but the villagers are so very patient and kind. </div>
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Finally, I had the opportunity to ride in the back of the pickup that we have spent most of the time travelling in. It is not because we were getting tired of the close and constant interaction and contact between the 4 members of New Hope, although I am questioning why I got relegated to the back. I am thankful for the opportunity, fellow team members, to meditate on the magnificent African landscape and reflect on the meditations Heather has has been leading on the need for Solitude to achieve personal growth. Often we pick up some villagers on the way so the back is packed with people. The women seem to manage to get the best position which is just behind the cab so gradually I get squeezed to the very back where I was hanging on for life as we bounced over the rutted roads. One of the men lost his sandal as the truck took an unexpected bounce and one of the village children retrieved it and ran down the truck to return it. We also bounced one of the ladies right off the back but we generally are moving so slow because of road conditions that no one was hurt. Thankfully I was in the cab the one time we saw a Mamba (snake) on the road as we were travelling after dark.</div>
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When New Hopers hosted Jane, Christina, and Bornface in our homes in Calgary, we were invited to spend some nights in their homes when we returned to Malawi. Three committee members made good on their offer on Saturday night.</div>
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Christina hosted Heather and Wendy in her home. The language barrier proved challenging, but they sang and danced until dark (they started at dusk).</div>
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Ken stayed at Benson's home and was the last to be dropped off. We had gotten a late getaway from Lilongwe that afternoon and unfortunately arrived in the village quite late. Ken was greeted with flashlights and settled in after a meal and some visitors. Benson and several of his friends speak English moderately well, so they were able to enjoy some conversation.</div>
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I (Zaak) was hosted by my friend Bornface (pronounced Boniface), the chair of the committee. Anticipating that Jeff was going to be on the team, he had remodelled his home by adding a guest room, complete with new window, door, and best of all a bed with a mattress (everyone else in the family sleeps on a mat on the floor). Of course Jeff did not visit Malawi this year, so I was able to enjoy his careful and very large generosity.</div>
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Upon arrival, I was presented with the use of an LED flashlight, showed my room where I deposited my things, the ecosan latrine, and the bathing area. I was given use of flip flops and handed washing gear so I could bath before supper.</div>
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I was joined at the supper table by the whole family: Bornface, his wife Salina, daughters Sinai and Besita, sons Brenard, Lordwell and Marco. The table was lit by two battery powered LED lights apart from which we would have been eating in complete darkness. Everyone carried dishes of nsima, rice, chicken, greens and just for me - a loaf of bread and a little tub of butter to the table. Sinai said grace in impeccable English and we enjoyed a supper together which will forever be etched in my mind as one of the kindest and beautiful gestures I have experienced.</div>
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Traditionally, Malawians do not eat with their guests, at least not the women and children. Bornface really liked how we all ate together in Calgary, and so he decided to risk breaking tradition when he hosted me. I also learned that his three sons have learned to cook - another parting with the old ways.</div>
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The children went to their lodging (boys and a coupled male cousins in one room in a separate building) and Sinai and Besita in the other. Salina, who has an infectious smile, and Bornface chatted with me until about 10 pm - I'm guessing that is quite late. I retired beneath a carefully prepared mosquito net where I added a few thoughts to the sermon I preached the next morning. </div>
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With the exception of a bit of dog barking/howling, I slept very well until dawn (5:30). I think I beat Bornface up, but not by much. Besita was already cooking breakfast and Sinai was washing up the pile of dishes from the night before. Bathing water was again prepared for me (a big tub of very warm water) and so I obligingly bathed again.</div>
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Strong tea and more bread and butter were served at around 6:30. Loda, another committee member, joined us and we visited some. Bornface then took me on a tour of his village which is populated by his parents, his many brothers and sisters and their families. Everyone was up and about and working. This is some of what I saw.</div>
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Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-943593369156856362013-04-10T13:04:00.000-07:002013-04-10T13:04:04.180-07:00A Brief Tour of NkhomaNew Hope Church has been working with World Renew who has been working with Nkhoma Relief and Development (NRD) who has been working in the communities of Kamanzi. NRD is a development branch of one of the Synods of the Presbyterian Church in Malawi (CCAP), the headquarters of which are in, you guessed it, Nkhoma, Malawi.<br />
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Since some of the NRD workers had to pick up a few things in back at their office, we joined them to see where all the magic happens on Saturday. One of our drivers has been Weston, the <u>new</u> NRD treasurer. Jane, who New Hope met a year and a half ago works out of the office and her boss, John, was there too.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">On Friday the scripture they studied was Isaiah 65:17-25 where they learned of the vision of the new earth and discussed what their community and churches could do to move in that direction. The priority they set was to care for their orphans (many of whom are the results of parents dying of AIDS).</span></div>
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walking through the main village during a CCMP break</div>
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so many abandoned ruins</div>
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tabacco is Malawi's #1 cash crop</div>
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typical special occasion meal</div>
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<br />Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-36393899654041160832013-04-04T13:00:00.000-07:002013-04-04T13:00:19.221-07:00Wednesday Night: Dinner with New Friends in Lilongwe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We hosted Jane back in September, 2011 and so she wanted to host us for a meal. She lives some distance from Lilongwe, so her daughter Rejoice got to host us for supper. We were picked up at 6:30 by Gift, Jane's youngest son, and taken to Rejoice and George's home where we enjoyed a fantastic meal.
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Both George and Rejoice work in community development and are quite politically aware. We visited late into the evening and learned much about Malawi history, politics and their vision for a successful Malawi.
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<br />Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-1604347890174419762013-04-04T12:56:00.000-07:002013-04-04T13:03:37.505-07:00Tuesday/Wednesday: The Tours<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Peter Timmerman, the regional director of World Renew here in Malawi, is keen to see sustainable development happen and moreover to see it done very well. As our group went from home to home seeing the goat, pig, seed loan, ecosan latrine, and orphan nursery feeding programs, he urged us to ask evaluative questions to help the recipients, committee members, NRD reps and us see what is working, what isn't, and how things could be improved.</span><br />
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On Tuesday morning the four of us meet with leaders from World Renew and Nkhoma Relief and Development at the World Renew office for introductions and a devotional. Heather gets to lead the impromptu devotional - Heather is always prepared to lead a devotional, so if you ever need her to do so, just ask a few minutes ahead of time.<br />
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We then drive out to Kamanzi - about 50 minutes west on the highway to Zambia and then about 20 minutes south on a dirt road into the villages. Our drivers are Peter Timmerman, the regional director of WR and Weston, the treasurer of NRD. We are accompanied by Jane Chikakuda whom New Hope met in September 2011.<br />
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Along the way, we pass through a couple police check stops, scattered vendors, drying tobacco, fields of maize, and people carrying tall loads of firewood on their bicycles.<br />
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Even as our vehicles were driving into the church yard, we hear before seeing the Committee who is administering the community programs. The 10 of them are singing and dancing a welcome to our group from New Hope. Among the great smiles, we immediately recognize our good friends Bornface and Christina who came to Calgary and we are greeted excitedly as we exit the vehicles. We are now together to survey and plan for the future of our partnership.<br />
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We spend the next hour or so inside the church along with the local pastor of the Presbyterian church, making formal introductions, hearing reports and asking clarifying questions about what our partnership has done over the past 3-4 years.
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The records the Committee has kept are thorough and detailed. Rows mark who, when, and where benefits were distributed and a column shows results. Committee members take turns answering our questions about what they perceive their greatest successes to be, how the programs have grown beyond what our seed money for seed loans, goats, and pigs have provided for, and then about plans for the future.
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As a whole we are impressed with the answers we receive and soon realize that they have been waiting for our visit to make plans for the future. The rest of the day, we spend touring the villages to see what transformations have taken place in the community due to our shared vision.
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Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-14124547709315620862013-04-02T21:23:00.000-07:002013-04-02T21:23:12.944-07:00The Ubuntu Ship has landed in MalawiAs we arrived, this was our reception at Kamazu International Airport:<br />
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The four of us joined up in Lilongwe airport at midday on April 1st. Heather, Ken and Wendy flew in after a few days in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Zaak flew in from Durban, South Africa where he had spent a week with friends and their mission. Zaak was delayed by about 30 minutes because of a VIP on his plane - the president of Malawi, Joyce Banda. There was a little reception on the tarmac for her.
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It was wonderful to see Nancy Hinga at the airport. Nancy visited New Hope last fall. She drove us to our hotel and visited with us through the afternoon. Peter Timmerman, World Renew regional director, joined us at around 4:30. We learned of his family's recent woes with bed bugs, weevils, and power outages. Together we hammered out our schedule for the next 11 days.<br />
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Jane Chikakuda, who visited New Hope 2 falls ago along with members of the committee from Kamanzi, joined us for supper and will be staying at our hotel. She will be our host for much of our time in Malawi.<br />
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As for us - because we did our side trips ahead of coming to Lilongwe, we've all gotten through jet lag. We are well rested and ready for a big day of visiting some communities in Kamanzi and the local committee. We will be joining the committee and workers from Nkhoma Relief and Development for a 2 day workshop later this week.<br />
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Internet is intermittent and this was written in advance, so things will get posted when they get posted.
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Thanks for following our trip!<br />
Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-15045911247468656222013-03-17T14:53:00.001-07:002013-03-17T14:57:00.343-07:00TRIP #2: April 1-12, 2013New Hope Church is sending a second team to Malawi this April. Ken, Wendy, and Zaak are joining returning Malawi traveling veteran Heather for 12 days of visiting the Kamanzi region and other parts of Malawi where World Renew is working. We hope to post daily updates from our trip beginning on April 1.<br />
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Pastor John prayed for our team with the church this morning as a send off.<br />
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If you'd like to support our trip financially - you may do so <a href="http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s67980">here</a> and designate your offering as Ubuntu/Malawi Trip.</div>
Zaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503666938286479556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-53274439115530836372009-05-11T16:13:00.000-07:002009-05-11T16:18:59.991-07:00Last day - formal send-off<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEk0fA7hXbEDtl2jK2TsBWQDF6zYXRSwdH_CmlD5XkhZiVaDC36eEX0u3YAfumObdGhImjkRbVQF2iK8ZAlSZNeqD_YhnHA1b_D-3b5QWDeGnCPw3KRk6bSg8c2PhIF1mtX7dEQvXXp8/s1600-h/DSC00964.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334709492092398738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEk0fA7hXbEDtl2jK2TsBWQDF6zYXRSwdH_CmlD5XkhZiVaDC36eEX0u3YAfumObdGhImjkRbVQF2iK8ZAlSZNeqD_YhnHA1b_D-3b5QWDeGnCPw3KRk6bSg8c2PhIF1mtX7dEQvXXp8/s320/DSC00964.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRDYYZYXrp0TLFCratYshSr1fZXxXdywRrKv8CzUF6jDT0fiG3gfN_ZWkxwcm5Uamnnvgl-R_EIsrNrsOoC1DZ0qB4mFq698hCeUW1gcIDwW2ldJN_RpfOn26Zrx2ZPXXL_BUjCeE2wI/s1600-h/DSC00963.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334709486039245666" style="FLOAT: left; 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ones that make you get goosebumps. In Tolkien's epic film there's a point in the second installment that is particularly good. The two main characters are sitting in a city that's been destroyed and they want to give up their quest. One complains that the task is too big, the journey too far, and they are too small to continue on. And Samwise turns to his friend saying "it's like in the great strories, the ones that really matter. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad happened to it? But in the end it is only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come... those are the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why....Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't; they kept going cause they were holding onto sometihng. (What were they holding onto?) That there is some good in this world and it is worth fighting for. "<br /> Today was our final day in Malawi. And I could tell you about the meeting with its minutiae and who said what but that will come in time. I would rather tell you, with the little time I have left me, what has especially struck me about this place in this time: there are two types of people in the world. Those with hope and those without.<br /> Men sitting on porches because there is nothing to do, no job prospects, no reasonable expectations that anything will change because nothing has changed in the past. These people hedge their bets by not reaching out for new ideas, for new relationships, for new hopes that have yet to be realised. They're content with the status quo. (I could be saying this about our city, people we know and see. ) There are elections coming soon to Malawi. The ruling party, DPP, is an urban party. The opposition parties (MCP, UDF) are rural. When we drive to Kamenzi you see the flags for the rural parties everywhere. There are election headquarters and the supporters know which way they will vote, MCP/UDF; they also, however, wear DPP shirts. I assume it's because it's a free shirt. Hedging their bets.<br /> Then there are those who are willing to try something new for the chance of a good reward. They try new techniques; they learn new things; they share. There are bicyclists who go along the roads and sides of highways with huge stacks of charcoal bound for the capital, Lilongwe. There is a problem, however. The police put up checkpoints to check for incoming goods which aren't allowed to be shipped. Charcoal, for some reason, is one of them. They fetch a much higher price in the city. So these bicyclists will bike for kilometres until the appointed time, when they turn off the road and circumvent the police, trying to arrive at the destination. They are doing something to improve their lot. I even saw one wearing a Toronto maple leafs jersey; if that's not hope, I'm not sure what is.<br /> On the way back from the Lake, i could see small fires in the huts sporadically spread out against the mountains. It reminded me of a Bob Goudzwaart speech I heard a couple of years ago and about Tolkien again. Goudzwaard was talking about hope in troubled times had said that even the smallest of lights cuts through the deepest of darkness.<br /> He told a story of an encounter with Archbishop Desmond Tutu during Apartheid. And Desmond Tutu was convinced that he had seen the end of apartheid because the times were so dark for his countrymen. His explanation was that in the darkest point of night, each night, every night, the first star to come out shining is the morningstar; a herald of good things to come. Signifying that the darkness cannot be there forever, that morning and light and warmth are coming very soon.<br /> This is what we have seen, hope in troubled times, lights in the deepest darkness: the women's groups, the literacy groups, the farming groups, the sanitation groups, the orhpanage people, all small fires of hope along the mountainsides.<br /> It may seem like a huge task ahead of us, one that is too big for us to handle, too difficult to complete, too painful to see through, but many have felt the same before us. "It is up to us to decide what to do with the time given us" in this relationship, and with others. As I leave, I would like to leave you with a quote from the Shawshank Redemption:<br />"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And a good thing never dies."Ubuntuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380626213062445969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1288425616230399146.post-54378623962858241452009-05-04T12:09:00.000-07:002009-05-09T12:08:18.491-07:00My dad told me how to pay off cops. The old licenses used to have two parts; the first was the plastic photo, the second a piece of pink paper that would be folded so that it and the photo would slide into a case of some kind. He would say that one would slip a $50 bill inside in case the police pulled one over for speeding. When that person inevitably was, he or she would simply pass the the license to the cop and wait for him to return a few minutes later without a ticket and a 'watch your speed. i won't be so nice next time. have a nice day'. Now, the first thing I'm thinking of now is that $50 was a lot of money back then, and if speeding tickets are expensive today, then how fast must one have been going that a $50 would smooth everything over. It could be the equivalent of paying someone $100, maybe more, for a speeding transaction today. That is, in my experience almost 27 m.p.h. over the speed limit.<br />The first time I paid off a cop was after a Bob Dylan concert on spring break in 2000. We were in Montana and it was roughly 2 am. There was absolutely no one on the road. So certain am I of this, that I am still convinced that the state trooper was laying in wait in some field and came flying off an embankment of some sort to catch us. I was riding shotgun and my roommate Mike was driving. I woke up my two other roommates who were sitting in the back seat. The cop came to the window told us that we were going 25 mph over, asked for the id and went back to his car for a long time. Finally, my roommate got sick of waiting and went to the cop car. He returned promptly with a question. "Does anyone have $40 or we're going to jail?" Providentially, we did. And that was the end of that.<br /> "Can you buy me some groundnuts?" That was how the cop asked for the 'contribution' today. Macson, the driver was caught off-guard by it so much he laughed; then he opened the change drawer and gave him the 15 kwatcha that Jeff had given him yesterday. It wasn't subtle in the least. At least the woman cop had tried to beat around the bush, and even confiscated Macson's license and made him go to the police station, find her number, call her at home, get new permits, and then asked him again how much money he had. But the wheels had already been greased.<br /> Tradition is more important than education (thanks Hans and Hennie). This is what we've seen. The staple food here is Nsima, which is maize--basically corn-- that has pretty much all of its nutritional value sucked out of it, and made into a bland, thick, sticky blob resembling stiff cream of wheat. They do this because their mothers did this. They have been taught about rotating crops and other foods, but that's not tradition. They have rows in the fields a foot deep so that the soil is piled up into tall spines. Their fathers farmed this way. They use large pots for cooking after the harvest despite going without food for 1/3 of the year. Small or even medium sized pots don't cross their minds; it is not tradition.<br /> There have, however, been positive steps. We saw some today. We went to Gamenzi village, the same village as the Malaria Control village. There they had an orphan's nursery school, staffed by volunteers, from 8-11 am, which had offered free meals to whomever came. The food has been provided for by USAID. They bring other children in as well, so as to not alienate the orphans for being orphans. We were treated to some of the things that they have been taught. They would bring these kids who were maybe 3 or 4 up in front of everyone to show that they were able to say their prayers, or count to 10, or the names of the months in English. All were quite cute doing it. We got some information from the volunteer teacher about what size of class they have (this one was 70 orphans/kids), and how many (4), and where they were located (there's 3 other ones in 3 other villages--no idea which ones, nor where they are). But the non-traditional thing about this was that it started 12 months ago because they saw the need.<br /> The need was that there is (and i've counted) a bazillion kids who would be playing hookey if there was a school; who would be at home if they had (a) parent(s); who would be eating breakfast if they had any food.<br /> This village, I think, is a bit different than the other villages. The mfumu (chief) seems to be very interested in improving the lot of the community; the most proactive. So much so that the men, when we returned to the shade tree and bore hole (water well), were working on bamboo mats and wicker baskets so that they could sell to raise money for some food and for the volunteers that do so much. Jeff and I tried to do some mats and he did fairly well, he says. I would have preferred to know that it is better to slide the bamboo slats onto the knife/needle than to try and push the needle/knife through the slats; that does not work well. Jae and Heather fared better than us, but they were making baskets; that hardly counts. We were sweating after we were finished.<br /> There are some concerns for tomorrow's meeting but nothing that should deter us from the final outcome, the reason why we came. The main one being that we are very persistent in that we want it to be community based in Kamenzi district and not church based. It is a fine line to walk but, as our Ubuntu group has discussed, one which we feel is essential. Specific people on their side want it to be church based, and if not, then to stack the committee and the meeting tomorrow with people who "happen to also be part of the church" here. It's just another form of greasing the wheels.<br /><br /> In other news, Heather tried to carry a bucket on her head with some help from some of the ladies here. If there's a photo of her by herself in front of the church, I want you all to know that I saw someone holding it up for her. Sorry, Heather. You probably thought you did it yourself.<br /> Jae was blessed with many abilities; biking in Malawi is not really one of them.Ubuntuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380626213062445969noreply@blogger.com0