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Mary from Mangotchi
Mary is young and had been at school until just over a year ago. Now she is totally blind. The brittle undiagnosed Diabetes had metabolically robbed her of her sight in a matter of months. Her sugar was so high when she came to Nkhoma, we had to spend 2 weeks controlling it even before [...]
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Bella
Sometimes in the work here, I am called to do things not directly involving seeing people and treating blindness. I love the job that I am actually here to do, but there are unavoidable and necessary distractions sometimes.
We have spent much of the past months preparing and renovating for the new year. We will start [...]
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Summer rains are coming
Towards the end of November the rains start to arrive. There is a flurry of activity over the country as people prepare the fields for sowing. Many have already started.
Nature has amazing ways of announcing the last few weeks before the rains. Of course it is hot, but there are plenty more [...]
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Sambani