Malawi Day 7-Mpondasi School

 For our last full day in Malawi, we went to visit the Mpondasi School which is in the Mangochi District of Malawi. Mpondasi is the first school I raised the money to build a kitchen at. Jackie (who is with me in the above picture) was our driver for most of the time while we were in Malawi.

 The cooks at the school.

 I got to feed some of the children at the school.

 Ellen Miller also got to help feed the kids.

 The children waiting in line for their porridge.

 The enrollment has increased at this school since Mary's Meals started feeding there. When they started there were about 2,500 students, now there are more than 4,000!!

 After we were at the school, we went to Lake Malawi. Ellen and I waded in the water.

 On the way back to Blantyre, we stopped along the road to buy some roasted corn.

At the end of the day we got to meet Chris who is head of Mary's Meals in Malawi.

Malawi Day 6-Jacaranda School

 While we were in Malawi we had the opportunity to visit the Jacaranda School for Orphans.  Jacaranda School for Orphans, is the only entirely free primary and secondary school in the whole of Malawi.

 I got to try the Lukini Phala porridge for the first time!

 This is their outdoor Ping Pong table. 

 After we visited the school we visited the Satemwa Tea Plantation.

 One of the tea plantation workers picking tea leaves.

Malawi Day 4 and 5-Zomba and Majete

 On Saturday and Sunday we had free days because school was not in session. On Saturday we went to Zomba Plateau.

 We hiked to Williams Falls, Queens View, and Emperors View.

 Dad and our guide Daniel.

 We saw this baboon while we were eating lunch.

 On Sat. evening we had the privilege of having dinner at the home of Gay Russell. Gay is one of the main reasons that Mary's Meals exists. It was great to meet her and hear some story's of her life and her work with Mary's Meals.

 On Sunday we went to the Majete Game Park. We had the chance to see many different animals including different kinds of antelope, cape buffalo, warthogs, hippos, elephants, guineas, and baboons.

Malawi Day 3-Under 6 Center

Today we had the opportunity to visit an under 6 center called Chamusa. An under 6 center is a place where children (age ~3-6) can go, receive a good meal and learn basic school lessons. 

The children were excited to have visitors. They sang some songs for us and showed us how they could count. 

When it was time to eat all the children lined up to wash their hands. 

The teachers sat them down in rows.

The cooks served the food and we passed the plates out to the children. The cooks and the teachers of this school are ALL VOLUNTEERS who give up most of everyday toe feed and teach the children. 

The white stuff is a thick porridge type thing and the gray stuff is little fish. 

It is amazing to think that at this school more then half the kids are orphans. 

We got to see their newly painted classroom.