Better News

I've been reading news articles and reports from Malawi. It seems as though Malawi is in for a better than average harvest. Food should be more available towards the middle of the year.

Read- http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2003

"The generosity shown by donors to support the people of Malawi has been overwhelming
James T. Morris, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern AfricaAfter a two-day visit to the country, Morris said that recent good rainfall could mean Malawi has a good harvest this year and as a result, for the first time in four years, could turn its full attention to medium-term and longer-term humanitarian projects rather than only focusing on immediate needs. "

This article gives a good overview of what the World Food Programme is doing to satisfy those immediate needs.
http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/indexcountry.asp?country=454

I leave on the 28th of February and arrive on Martyrs day*, March the 3rd. It'll be exactly 6 months since I arrived back in Australia and started working out how to get back to Malawi.

*Martyrs day, March 3rd 1959, 12 protesters were killed as they marched on Police escorting prisoners onto the MV Ilala at Nkata Bay. In recent years I have met 3 officials (expatriate and native Malawian) who were there that dreadful day, each with their own story. I wish I'd recorded them.