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Rachael Hempling Rachael and Marc are in Malawi for 6 months volunteering with Ripple Africa. Marc will be working in the local health centre and Rach will be helping out at a local school. Before heading off to Africa we are climbing the 3 tallest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales to raise money for Ripple. To donate please visit www.justgiving.com/rachaelhempling
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By Rach and Marc
February 15th 2009
Goodbyes...... Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi
So, hello again everyone. Welcome to our last blog…… We are now officially on our way home! The last 2 weeks have gone pretty quickly all things considered. I’ve been rushing around trying to get everything done in time and eventually, we’ve both managed to hand over all our little projects to the new volunteers. The health centre remains water-less, but at least I have started a new project with the new nurse volunteer Bev to get some proposals for the future. At the moment we are weighing up the idea of digging a new bore hole, pumping water for the [View Full Entry]

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Catherine and family
Reuben and Nola
Geddess and Martha

Marc and his melon
Marc and his melon
Lee has been requesting this photo...so here it is, Marc the melon farmer!
So we’re now really excited about seeing everyone again. We’re also pretty excited at the thought of real food again and I think Rach would like a few hot baths so that she can show her feet in public again. She keeps complaining that they’re “disgusting”, but they look the same as everyone else’s round here (i.e. black). We’ve both been really busy but I guess I’ve had the more interesting time lately. By interesting I really mean intensely frustrating, but am not complaining. I have spent the last 5+ months at Kachere trying desperately [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 31st 2009 | 95 Views | [diary=367949]

Marc at work in OPD
Marc and the nurses at Kachere
Rach and kids at Kachere Pre-school

Marc's Birthday
Marc's Birthday
Mwaya style, on the beach.
Hello Everyone, Well we are in our last month and conscious of the fact that we have to tie up all the loose ends (or attempt to) before we leave. Marc continues to battle with the water tank/ water pump/ electrics and securing the microscope for the Health Centre. Problem is, we need a room with running water for the District Health Officer to release the Microscope to us. Sounds simple? Oh no. You've heard the palava about Marc trying to keep water in the tank for the Health Centre which entails battling with the locals. They would rather pick the [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 16th 2009 | 72 Views | [diary=363950]

Painting Chiomba

By Rach and Marc
January 6th 2009
Hello again. Africa » Malawi
Christmas Morning
Christmas Morning
Annet, Patrick, Marc and Rachael with our presents to open.
Hello everyone, So as usual, all is well in Malawi. The rains held off for a week so it got pretty hot again, but a big storm last night has sorted things out again. We’re sort of on a wind down now. Rach and I are the longest stayers in camp at the moment and we’ve just had 5 more volunteers arrive in the last few days so it’s back to work after an excellent Xmas and NY break. I saw about 90 patients in clinic yesterday morning - Malaria and Dysentry probably accounting for 90% of them - but was [View Full Entry]

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Merry Christmas Harry

Buddah baby
Buddah baby
Marc makes friends with a VERY healthy little local boy on one of our journey's to Chintheche.
Hello All, Well I'm sitting here at the internet cafe in Chintheche while Marc is doing the ward round at the hospital and I thought I's post a Christmas Blog to you all. Last week was a busy one as the Pre-school's finished last Friday so I was busy with the Co-ordinator Jimmy (otherwise known as Super Jimmy) making the final rounds before Christmas. I even managed to get Marc to come with us on Friday to join in with the little ones which always put a smile on anyone's face. After they got over the initial shock of having another [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 24th 2008 | 87 Views | [diary=356802]

Lunch with the Kaipa's
Jimmy's present
This is the way we wash our hands!

Harry and the Banna Wine
Harry and the Banna Wine
Our chef Harry who is known to like a drink or two....
Hello Everyone, Well Christmas is drawing near and we are beginning to wind down and have a little break from our schedule. Things are pretty low key here, so much so that the staff wanted their Christmas Party on the 25th December! We have insisted that they should probably spend the day with their families, but they are still trying to convince us that it’s a good idea. We have arranged our meal for the 25th. Reuben is looking into a variety of different animal options. Reuben and Harry (the cook) had a long and involved conversation yesterday about how they [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 16th 2008 | 103 Views | [diary=354642]


By Rach and Marc
December 12th 2008
RIPPLE AFRICA Africa » Malawi
Blog for Ripple Africa Well we’ve been here for nearly 4 months now so I guess it’s probably about time we told you where all your hard earned donations have gone. You’ve probably already seen from the website the sort of things Ripple are doing here. Essentially, they split their work into 3 sectors: Health, Education and Environment. Probably the least well funded for a variety of reasons is the Health projects, but that’s mostly because it’s very difficult to fund projects here that are ‘self-sustaining’, i.e. they wont require ongoing fu [View Full Entry]

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Published: December 12th 2008 | 129 Views | [diary=353589]


Man grows cucumber!
Man grows cucumber!
The first of our harvest.
The next installment from Malawi. It is so hot, we think we might just melt away at the moment! Temperatures have been soaring into the high 30’s with high humidity and it’s really making all our walking more difficult. We walked 10kms yesterday in the heat of the day to do the Under 5’s Clinic and spent the rest of the day recovering. We have been assured that the rains are on the way, and it rained all day last Sunday so I am thinking of getting Marc out to do the rain dance every morning, for all our sakes. We [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 15th 2008 | 69 Views | [diary=345241]

Nola gets a photography lesson.

By Rach and Marc
November 4th 2008
The Dokey Dokey Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi
Mango Season has arrived!
Mango Season has arrived!
Marc enjoying the Malawian Mango's.
Hello again, So the Mango season has arrived and we’re pretty happy about it. One of the local boys dropped off 31 mangos today and at 5 kwacha each, it worked out about 60p for the lot! We also have some new volunteers here who are really nice and have fitted in perfectly to our little team. Within 1 day of arriving here Henry had already set up a touch rugby club on the beach and has been running it every evening so far - gotta love Kiwis! I also got to chat rugby again which has been a bit of [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 5th 2008 | 76 Views | [diary=341812]

Nola and friend

By Rach and Marc
October 25th 2008
Zambian Safari Africa » Malawi » Lake Malawi
Well my Mum and my sister Kristie arrived from Oz last week for the adventure of their lives which was very exciting. They landed in Lilongwe quite jetlagged but wide eyed and bushy-tailed for the fun ahead. We left Malawi behind for five days and ventured to South Luangwa National Park in Zambia last week. It was well worth the 3 hours drive over the worst possible roads in the worst possible car. But once we arrive the Wilderness Camp was incredible and nothing but 5 star service all the way. We did 6 game drives in total and the wildlife [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 25th 2008 | 82 Views | [diary=338301]

Just relaxing
South Luangwa National Park



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