Muli Bwanji from Kachumbe!
We arrived Sunday night safely after an exhausting 29 hours of travelling. The morning of our first day we had orientation around the village which is surrounded by beautiful mountains. In the afternoon the whole community came together and welcomed us into their village. This was an amazing experience for all of us and we all got involved with the traditional dancing with the whole community, and Luke entertained the crowd with his Diablo.
Every morning our quest leader Nettie has been getting us up at 6am for exercise sessions which involve running and circuit training, which is hard and fun at the same time but we know it will help us conquer mount Mulanje. Our meals are prepared each day by our cook Judith who is from Malawi. Everyone has enjoyed the food including the mice which are a local delicacy (some people opted out of eating them!).
Overall the group are in good spirits and we can’t wait for the rest of the trip!
We arrived Sunday night safely after an exhausting 29 hours of travelling. The morning of our first day we had orientation around the village which is surrounded by beautiful mountains. In the afternoon the whole community came together and welcomed us into their village. This was an amazing experience for all of us and we all got involved with the traditional dancing with the whole community, and Luke entertained the crowd with his Diablo.
For the past five days we have been working hard on the project site; this involved us putting together a playground outside the feeding centre for the children of the village, many of whom are orphans. We have learnt lots of new skills making furniture and making swings out of tyres and wood and painting. Between our hard work we have been eating locally made donuts!
Every morning our quest leader Nettie has been getting us up at 6am for exercise sessions which involve running and circuit training, which is hard and fun at the same time but we know it will help us conquer mount Mulanje. Our meals are prepared each day by our cook Judith who is from Malawi. Everyone has enjoyed the food including the mice which are a local delicacy (some people opted out of eating them!).
Overall the group are in good spirits and we can’t wait for the rest of the trip!
Nearly a month gone and only one picture of the Epsom & Ewell volunteers. Could have done with a few more updates...
ReplyDeleteInternet in Malawi is unfortunately so slow that uploading photos often takes longer than the time available to sit in an internet cafe...we can't wait to see the pics too! Hope you enjoy the latest update.
ReplyDelete