A week in pictures

I had a crazy busy week last week, (with a healthy sprinking of power blackouts and internet outages), followed by a lovely weekend at a lake resort thanks to some visiting Aussies. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here goes...

Monday- no piccies- just meetings, cooking and entertaining guests.

Tuesday- taking our Aussie vistors out to the village- but first we stopped to help push a truck that had run out of fuel (Mangochi has run out of diesel) off the road- only to find we had a flat ourselves. So, in true Aussie style we bamboozled the locals with hackey sack.

Wednesday- was the inaugural opening of a local Community Library that we've had a lot to do with. The ceremony started an hour or two late and went for an hour or two longer than the programme said - but hey- the local school and the villages in the area now have access to books to support ther functional education classes..and it's also stocked with sports equipment and a bicycle ambulance. awesome

Thursday- I attended the National Manure Campaign Launch at a farm a few hours drive away. Although the official proceedings resembled the previous day- i actually really enjoyed the displays and networking with other NGO's and organic farming oriented people. Im hoping to head back to that farm sometime in th enext few weeks for a few days to have a proper look around.

Friday- I took our visitors to a translation project, local orphanage and of course- the farm!

The little babies I held last time I visited the orphanage were now toddling around and a whole new set of babies moved in.

Saturday n Sunday... was a bit cold, but we all had some much needed fun, reflection time and R&R