No politics but facts

It’s a fact: No diesel, Petrol and Paraffin (DPP) in my beloved country Malawi for a few week now.No politics
In a few days I have a trip to Washington but the bank will not give me forex.
What has gone wrong?
When you speak, you are labeled to be either in the opposition or Northener.
Due to lack of fuel we have stopped conducting community outreach clinics in Malawi.
The situation does not seen to be improving.
I rest my case.
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Blogger sphere in Washington

Wish could blog more; but maturity has finally caught up with me here in Malawi. Imagine I am always up and down, but can report any more. Today I was at the American embassy in Lilongwe processing a VISA to the USA, and I need to sit down and prepare for the presentation that I need to give to a much bigger audience in Washington. And then I will proceed to London, UK for a stopover .I miss London, haven’t being there for a while. But I cant afford to stay longer, because end July I have trachoma trainings in Chikwawa and Mchinji ) that is in Malawi).And of course my teaching at College of Medicine.24 hours per day isn’t enough; is this a sign of old age.
Yesterday at the USA embassy during the interview I was asked where else I have been; instead of being asked where I have not been. I have to think of where I can not been; especially in Europe as I seem to have travelled to all places that matter such as Berlin and Dresden. Well this next weeks trip will be my 100th international trip; and its good am going to Washington DC.
Impressed that I have seen a bit of the world? (infact all continents).all this in the name of eye care; more specifically community Ophthalmology.
This time I am travelling under my organsisation-BICO.
You been to Washington?
Then tel me what I should expect .
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Where to stay when Visiting Blantyre Malawi :Vickys guesthouse

Are you worried of where you will stay when you are in Blantyre Malawi?

Or are you planning to visit Blantyre and you intend to stay at a good but very comfortable cheap place but you do not know where? Is your budget is less than USD 50 /£35 per night (K7000.00).

Well do not worry. We have a solution for you. Having lived/visited where you are from, we know what your preferences are and what your money is worth. We will host you in our comfortable guest house.

All our rooms are fully ensuite; we have a dining and sitting room with Television and also a self catering kitchen for you to have a meal anytime you feel like.
So try us. We can even organize a vehicle for you or your visitor.

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Impressed? Then vickysguesthouse@yahoo.com is the place to stay at.

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Cheap nice accommodation in Blantyre Malawi-Vickys Guest House

Cheap nice accommodation in Blantyre Malawi-Vickys Guest House.

You are planning to visit Blantyre and you intend to stay at a good but very comfortable place but you do not know where. Once thing you are sure is that your budget is less than USD 50 /£35 per night- MK7000.00. So you are obviously out of those famous expensive hotels in Blantyre.Well do not worry. We have a solution for you. Having lived/visited where you are from, we know what your preferences are and what your money is worth. We will host you in our comfortable guest house like you are a princess, and your pocket will still be full by the time you live.
We will provide you with a full house. All our rooms are fully ensuite; we have a dining and sitting room with Television and also a self catering kitchen for you to have a meal anytime you feel like. We have the ideal environment for that quiet business minded persons and also for those who like to relax.
We guarantee that if you are not happy with our accommodation at the prize we offer, we will pay you half the money you paid if you find a better place at the same rate.
We are in Moneymen: only 10 minutes from the centre of the town and 15 minutes from the famous Game/Shoprite shopping complex.
So try us. We can even organize a vehicle for you.
Want to see our rooms and other pictures before coming? you must email me.

Impressed? Then find me kkalua@medcol.mw
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Eye Research in Malawi

Well I wish I could write more about eye research in Malawi but I do seem to be having much time to blog. But we are doing white good in this area: several studies are taken place at this time and BICO-Blantyre Institute for community Ophthalmology is coordinating most of these.
We are exploring further collaborations with Australia and Netherlands.
BICO’s link with University of Waterloo school of optometry still stands, and we expect a group of visitors during next few months.
Being in Malawi now, I get time to spend with my lovely wife and our daughter who will be turning five in next few weeks.
I am not complaining.

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Travelled again after a while

We are attending the Trachoma meeting in Geneva Switzerland. A lot of African colleagues are here. From Malawi it’s only two of us.
The weather is nice but honestly I am missing Malawi. This country is too rich for me. Am paying USD 160 per night for a single room. As the saying goes once you are poor, you become poor in mind too. All am thinking is about Nsanje where in Malawi where people live below a dollar a day 8this is bound to change after the famous port opens). Boats on Lake Geneva remind me of the Shire River: can wait when the ships will start sailing. I support development which is good for the country.
We are here for a few more days.
To find find/lean a bit about my other work in Malawi as an Ophthalmologist(Eye Doctor) click here at Blantyre Institute for community Ophthalmology .
No pictures this time.
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Mzimba Secondary school alumni memories

Twenty seven years ago(1984) I was selected from St Peters primary school in Mzuzu to join mzimba secondary school as a form 1 student. Little did I know what that meant and what the future had for me. I arrive at the school and I am welcomed by my cousin (late Billy Nyirenda) and I am told I will be sleeping at Nyika Hostel BOX 1.At night, unknown men come to tease(bit and mock us) and at 3 am we are awakening to clean up the toilets. Crying every day for a year.
Later in 1988 I finish form 4 (high school) and I am selected to go to chancellor college University of Malawi . A few years later I am studying in Adelaide Australia , then college of medicine Blantyre, Univeristy of Nairobi, University of London and finally University of London.
This weekend (26th March 2011)I will be going back to Mzimba secondary school with other students who have passed through that school to refresh memories dating back to almost 3 decades and give a career talk to the students that are currently there. My wife and two sisters all also passed though the same school and so we will be going as a family.
Well I want to stop blogging but with life changing results as this one who would not want to talk about it.
A big thank you to all my teachers at Mzimba. Here I am as a community eye doctor in rural Malawi, yet when I left Mzimba I thought I would never be affiliated with the community (regarded as remote) again.
I have recalled my earlier pictures at Mzimba taken in 1986. I can’t even tell which one is me.Contrast with first picture -how i look now in a suit and glasses.Those were the good old days in Mzimba.I wouldnt have made it on my own-the secret is that God has been on my side all the time.i am not sure why i have been prevedged.

Thank you to all the gents and ladies who decided to have an alumni –you’ve made my day.You can check mzimba secondary school alumni association on the facebook .

To find find/lean a bit about my work in Malawi as an Ophthalmologist(Eye Doctor) click here at Blantyre Institute for community Ophthalmology .

Got to go will be travelling later during the day.

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