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Posted at 9:35am Friday 21st November 2008
Seeing Fairtrade in action
A few days ago I went on the hunt for a sugar plantation, with Sue, a retired nurse from Britain who is over in Malawi doing six months’ voluntary work. She is based several hours’ north of us, in Salima, helping local nurses caring for and visiting people who are dying. At home Sue buys all her sugar from the charity Traidcraft – so we were looking for the co-operative who their white sugar.
Posted at 12:29pm Friday 24th October 2008
Counting out the animals
What’s Malawian music like? The international Lake of Stars weekend festival has just happened at Salima near the famous Lake Malawi. Thousands of people partied into the early morning, with performers on two stages virtually all the time throughout the weekend.
Posted at 10:42am Monday 6th October 2008
Settling in
A month so far in Blantyre, Malawi. In his blog, Trafford Council Chief Executive David McNulty suggested I’d be getting Trafford’s name in the local papers (www.trafford.gov.uk – have your say) as former director of communications.
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