Man of many talents

Mkakeni Jere, the Malawian HealthEd Connect representative routinely visits the various sites where the health workers volunteer to document the experiences with pictures and stories.  Last month at Kasomba village he was pressed into being a health worker himself.  The clinic covers 21 villages but the day Jere visited he found "very few mothers with their babies but not even one volunteer because most of the people went to receive Food relief at Daniel Gausi food relief reserve."   Many people in Malawi are all too frequently dependent on food relief due to regular famines caused by lack of rain or too much rain, and this year, army worms.

       

The Government worker was the only person at the clinic, and couldn't decide where to start because she was alone. When Jere arrived, he rolled up his sleeves and helped her weigh the babies.  We think this moves Jere out of honorary status to that of a full-fledged Sinkhani health worker!!