Chris' Blog 30th April

The Trip - 30 April

After a hectic day yesterday, we are working off what we are told, as we don’t have a program. We start off at a facility that the RC of Lilongwe built with finance through 3H, and opened by none other that PRIP president Clem. The Rotarian’s are very proud about that, and the fact that some of us know him!!!!!

Great facility and well maintained. It was handed over to the government a couple of years after being opened, but the club maintains an active interest in it and have pledged to build new living quarters. They teach the disable different skills including agriculture, computing, manual arts, sewing and Home Economics. This prepares them for future work.

After that Jodie, Fran, Ryan and I visit the Animal refuge. Well run and with a plan to return animals that have been injured, or not too tamed by humans to the wild. Others that were formerly pets (and I use that term loosely) will spend the rest of their lives here as they could not survive in the wild. We see 3 types of Monkeys, a Leopard, snakes and a Hyena. In the evening we participate in the 1st birthday celebration of the RC of Bwaila.