Map of Malawi

Map of Malawi

About my placement

This Blog is about my 2 year placement with VSO in Malawi due to start 20th October 2012.
I will be working for the Ministry of Health based in the capital Lilongwe.
The role I will be covering is to assess the data quality on their HR database, improve the data, run SQL reports for the Exec/management team, revise processes for the data entry and educate users.

Tuesday 23 October 2012

Arrived in Lilongwe


Wed 23rd Oct

Arrived in Lilongwe after a flight from Heathrow via Nairobi and Lusaka. Flew with 5 other volunteers so had plenty of time to get to know them. Picked up at the airport by VSO and taken to a hotel where we will stay for a week having an induction course.
We meet up with 5 other volunteers so there are 11 new people starting together.
It a real mixed multinational team.  English, English/Indian,Scottish. Irish/Hong Kong, Dutch, Indonesian, Ugandan and Kenyan.
Only 4 of us will stay in Lilongwe. I will be sharing a flat with Herman our Irish/Hong Kong guy 32.  He is really from Hong Kong but was sent to boarding school in N.Ireland. We have not seen the flat yet but has warned me that he eats lots of Chinese food. 
Only been into the old town centre for 45min to allow us to buy a sim card, not very attractive so will have to do plenty of exploring once we have moved to the centre. Meanwhile were having extensive education from loads of speakers, ranging from Chief of Police to Professor of Human resources from the uni.
So far in the hotel the food served has been Curries or Chinese or Chicken & Chips with the odd green beans.
Off to bed now.

Robin
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  1. PeterG25 October 2012 at 13:39

    Nice to hear you've settled in well, and found the good quality comfort food. Don't forget to eat your greens (even if they are green beans)...lol

    I won't ask you yet if you've found the local pub, but I'm sure you have.

    Cheers

    Pete

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