We made it! After 2 days of international travel, 4 country’s and innumerable hours of layover we finally made it to our home base, the Sunbird Motel in Lilongwe, the capital city of Malawi and home to MUSCCO, the Malawi Union of Savings and Credit Cooperatives – the organization that has invited us to Malawi to assist their credit unions in operational improvements. Shown here, left to right, are Larry (Sask), Karen (Sask), Blake (New Brunswick), Erin (BC) and Brad (Sask) while Scott (not shown, from Ontario) took the picture. This is our home base from which Larry and Karen will move south to Blantyre to assist two SACCO’s there while Scott & Brad will head way north to Rumphi to lend what assistance they can. Erin and Blake will remain in Lilongwe.
On a free afternoon before the work begins, the Canadian Coaches took a break and went off to tour the Lilongwe Wildlife Centre, a small nature reserve that sits virtually in the middle of the large geographic area that is Malawi. A walk about the reserve showed us several indigenous animals including baboons (here seen enjoying one of their favourite foods (corn on the cob) and Green Monkeys. We also saw Hyenas, lions and crocodiles – what a great afternoon!
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