Thuma Forest

 

Went on a nice hike . . .

 

 

 

We looked for elephants but only saw the tracks. The grass was too high to see big animals.

Daily events

 

Darian laying in his bed. Yes, its true he sleeps in a porta-crib every night.

 

This is what Darian does when we come to give him his Malaria medicine. Its pretty gross.

 

The daily post-bath scene.

 

Malawian Tobacco Auction

 

Tobacco is one of Malawi's largest exports, about 25% of the GDP. We went on a tour and watched a tobacco auction. Apparently the worldwide demand for tobacco hasn't gone down at all in the last few years since young smokers have increased in number especially in Eastern countries.

 

 

 

Kian's 4th Birthday

 

We took Kian and his closest friends to his favorite restaurant Pizza Inn (the one strip-mall type pizza joint in Lilongwe)

 

He had some homemade chocolate cake in the dark (power went out that night)

 

Got guns as gifts (naturally).

 

Darian enjoyed the party.

A day in the life of Shima

 

Giving a lecture on constitutional rights to students at the University of Malawi.

 

At a prison with paralegals interviewing people who have been in prison for over a year without a court hearing.

 

These are observers at a trial I did in Magistrate court (lower court) representing 13 people accused of burglary, theft and malicious damage (11 were acquitted).

 

Sitting at my desk at DFID (British Department for International Development), which is what I do 90% of the time.