LILONGWE NEWS LILONGWE MEMBER PASSES AWAY

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1 NEWSFLASH! SERVAS MALAWI 2017 Social Activity: January or Facebook:Servasmalawi.org R.I.P LILONGWE NEWS LILONGWE MEMBER PASSES AWAY George Chibati reported that CARLIBET BETTY MAKAMO, passes away on the 27 th January. Carlibet had been a Servas member for over 16years. She had hosted numerous times. In fact my daughter and son and husband had stayed with her upon two occasions. We had a lovely stay on both occasions. Claribet used to live in Botswana and took some time to settle back into life in Malawi. Recently she had been in and out of hospital repeatedly. are left in the darkness wishing we could switch the light back on. At the last meeting in January in Blantyre we wrote her a get well card and sent her our best wishes by whatsapp. Very sadly she will not live to see the card I made her. Ethel in Lilongwe attended her funeral mass at Mtima Woyera Parish. The body was taken to Nsangano Ntcheu. Our prayers go out to close relatives and family. We are very very sorry to loose such a stalwart member of Servas but mourn even more mourn the loss of nation building in Malawi through her 15 years of so work in Malawi NGO health and development. All that knowledge and experience gone like someone switching off the light we Gone but NOT forgotten

2 BLANTYRE NEWS Our last Blantyre meeting was at Sara Samnika s house in May There Sonia talked about her daughter Megan who had just joined Servas Austria as a day host. Megan attending university in there. Sadly this was the last meeting Sonia was ever to attend as she collapsed in the last week of August at the St Andrews hostel. Sonia lived on site in a comfy flat as she was a popular school boarding parent. Her end was very unexpected and she did not make it to hospital. It s still very hard to believe she is gone, she was so much the life and soul of any party, meeting or event with superb social skills talking to all those around her openly and warmly friends or not. She was well known and well liked and many Servas members attended the funeral. We hope her husband -Eddy who has taken on the full-time care of the children here in Blantyre - Mary-Crystal and Mikyla will come to social meetings, hosting when they re ready. Our thoughts are with them. Servas Malawi will sponsor a box and commerative stamp for hikers to find. We will hike up as a group here in Blantyre and hide it somewhere around the Chilimoni, Way of the Cross in memory of her. Sonia hiked up this very hill just a week and a half before she died. It s a very peaceful place to sit in contemplation make every effort to attend this special upcoming social!! MEMORIAL PEACE GARDEN * MEMORIAL CONTEMPLATION GARDEN - St Andrew s Int High School* Sonia worked as a Special Needs Assistant at St Andrew s International High School. In memory of Sonia and a student who also tragically died, the school under the auspices of Servas Malawi member Sara Samanika are designing a memorial peace garden.

3 Here are pictures of its development. Sara says, It doesn t look much yet but it will be amazing. You will see a square with the pagoda and chairs in it and a little pool. I have just spent mk280,000 on wood so next week we are building a huge pagoda and seating area on the lower section. This will create 2 distinct areas which can be used for prayer (Muslims have to pray boy and girl apart). We are making quotes to go up around the garden and it will have lots of plants in it. In the centre of the quadrant we will construct a shallow pond with Ariam lilies particularly because this was Sonia s favourite plant. mn

4 SERVAS SOCIAL Friday January 20 th Servas s BLANTYRE MALAWI 2017 We have hit the new year running!! We started off late as Mommy was at the clock tower waiting to see if anyone would turn up needing a lift. The meeting was at my house in Nymabadwe in Blantyre and my dad gave a presentation on our recent Xmas Travels in # South Africa. 16 people came to the meeting. We gobbled hot soup and bread from a small mountain of it on the kitchen table and sat down to watch a powerpoint presentation by my dad. He told us about hiking up table mountain and how cold the water was on the Atlantic side and how sparkly the shops were there. Aunty Sara talked about her boat trip out to Robyn Island and how she liked the guides being old prisoners William told me it was a long boat ride from the harbour in a big boat. Mommy said it was a mellow evening and fun. NEXT MEETING: Jamaica Is it all raggae & white beaches? Where?= At Jenny Paddy-Grey. When?=March

5 Servas SYLE-Volunteer Experience Come on think about it! Could MALAWI be for YOU? Country: MALAWI - Southern Africa area. Length: 1 month. Stay with National Sec x2 days (settle in). 1 st :Stay 2nights 5/6 Blantyre hosts hosts will:- a)take you to work with them for a day. b) Orientate you to taking minibuses etc. c) Help you study Chichewa. basics; d) Advise/go help you get to know Blantyre by visiting St Michaels, Carlsberg, Queens Hospital, Thyolo & Zomba. 2 nd : Longer-stays of 1+1week+volunteer work Stay 1 week with 1 host & 1 week with a 2 nd While completing voluntary work with an allocated NGO s which could be:- Queens Hospital Accountancy, finances. Namasimba Day Centre teaching 3-8yrs. Mwai Trust teaching/building study centre Open Arms Infant 0-2years old. Care of babies/feeding/play/gardening. Chichiri Prison Ladies section English. Requirements:YOU MUST BE ABLE TO be a model-servas-traveller, give a powerpoint presentation upon a)your life, b)your country; have traveller/hosting experience Buy/pay your own plane ticket to and from your country. Be+18yrs. Able to pay for x4-5 lessons of Chichewa=$30. $160 admin fee, Have travel Insurance. Pocket money; Able to communicate well/ok in English. $ Have funds to buy lunches and or local travel. Funds to shop, make & cook 1 dinner each week at your long-stay hosts home. Funds to travel in Malawi in your last week. Evenings: what is there to do? study, cook, chat: Monday Hash fun run. Choir 7-9pm. Weds: 4-5 Water polo. Volleyball 7pm. 3 rd :2weeks self-funded lake or around Malawi & back for debrief with N/S CONTACT: Demelza Benbow (Deputy ) demelzabenbow@gmail.com Whatsapp Sandra Trevethan - SYLE Advisor =sandytrevethan@hotmail.com Sandra Trevethan