Author Archives: Kevin Hanson

Final blog posting about my time in Malawi. Hope you enjoy it! On Malawi: Ah, Malawi. How to summarize this country into one blog? The lake is beautiful, let’s start with that. A really impressive lake with clear clean water, … Continue reading →

Wow, so after about four and a half months I’m pretty much at the end of my time here in the district and in Malawi. The time has gone by really fast, so I’m already at the point of having … Continue reading →

OK, so this is a bit of a stand-alone blog I’ve been putting together in my head for a while now, so I figured I should post it. The key bottleneck has been getting photos for some of these, since … Continue reading →

So I’m getting closer and closer to the end of my time here in Malawi. Wow it’s gone by fast. As such I’ve been increasingly focussing on ways of wrapping up the projects I’ve been working on and ensuring that … Continue reading →

OK, a Mwanza district work blog at long last! So here follows a rather long blog that is all about the stuff I’ve been working on here in Mwanza District in Malawi. Either before or after you read this though, … Continue reading →

So I’ve finally been getting out into the field to do research! This should have happened earlier in my placement, but this is Africa and nothing works here the way it is supposed to. The most recent delay has been … Continue reading →

OK, so Mwanza District. My new home for the next two and a half to three months. About eighteen hours worth of travel time by bus to get there from Nkhata Bay where I was before. Slightly different in terms … Continue reading →

So given that I’ve been in Africa for a month it would seem prudent to talk about what I’ve been doing over here from a work perspective. Not quite as easy as it sounds since the full details of my … Continue reading →

Initial observations about Nkhata Bay (positive): The bay and the lake are beautiful, the weather is very moderate and the water looks quite clean They have a dive shop in the main town! PADI certified and everything, I’ll definitely need … Continue reading →

So the protests didn’t happen. Basically the opposition got cold feet the day before the scheduled day protests and in order to ‘avoid bloodshed’ and ‘foster a dialogue’ they didn’t go through with it. Which solves the immediate problem of … Continue reading →