Category: Projects

On arriving at Nkhamenya Hospital we were taken to see the Youth Groups who were all ready  and prepared to show us the exercises they had been doing as part of the Tackle Africa training In HIVAids prevention. We watched them play several training games, including  Transmission Tag, which seemed to be a version of British bulldog, where  the catcher was the HIV positive individual and the safe zones represented the use of protection and abstention. It emphasised how the spread of HIV made life more difficult for those in the safe zones, as well as providing a visual aid for how easily HIV spreads.

Karen’s daughter Emily accompanied her on this trip to visit all of Angels’ projects with our partners at the hospitals and health centres of Nkhamenya, Mtendere and St Joseph’s Chiphwanya.

Trustees’ Visit 2016

Trustee Karen Roberts and her eldest son Sam were met at Lilongwe airport by Sister Margaret Nyirenda , Sister in Charge of Nkhamenya and her new driver Hope.

Trustees’ Visit 2016

On their arrival at the hospital, Sister Agnes Jonas, Sister in Charge of Mtendere, greeted trustee Karen Roberts and son Sam. During this, her first year in charge, she was dispatched to Rome for a six month period (returning in July) and in her absence Angels have had very little communication from the hospital. We therefore only committed ourselves to maintaining our existing programmes and basic support until our Trustees’ Visit in 2017. By then we are anticipating that Sister Agnes will be “up to speed.”

Trustees’ Visit 2016

Trustee Karen and son Sam arrived at St Joseph’s having been met in the new Land Cruiser ambulance by Sister Florence and driver Emmanuel. He is delighted with his new charge and drove with enormous skill over the extremely steep and rocky tracks to the Health Centre.