A brewer who used to brew a local beer known as kachaso with unestimated alcoholic% rang her calling bell, notifying the beer taker. A certain drunkard who even failing to carter for his family was the first one to call for a 1 liter bottle. Unfortunately he didn’t take any food before that. As Malawi especially Shire Valley is so hot and sunny from Sept. to Nov. and the man got drunk and fell down exposing himself to extreme hot and sunlight. His fellow drunkards were just dancing without regarding him. His wife came to take him home but when he was woken up the man failed even to stand and erect. A wife realized that her husband was faint due to drunkenness while hungry.
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Archive for September, 2007
At around 8am while hot and sunny day for approximately, a man was arrested found defiling a 10 yr stepdaughter. The daughter’s mother went to draw water at a borehole within the village. When she came back, she heard a daughter crying inside the house. She entered and got to the bed room where she found her husband naked while firmly shut the daughter’s mouth as well as forcing her immoral sex. A woman cried for neighbors’ help. People gathered and arrested the man to police. And a man was expected to answer the charges.
I was at the stores where we kept our electricity equipment for safety. I went through everything for verification with the stores clerk.
One of the Kasinthula Cane Growers farmers was found hidden in a nearby village, Mvula for running away from the moneylenders for fearing of bulling him for failing to update their balances for almost three months.
Premium chairperson Mr. Chilembwe, Mr. Nkanakhasu, electrician that’s Pokoti and I went to Blantyre to buy electrical equipment for wiring to the people basing in Chinangwa village. The electrical were for 32 houses (32 people). A lot of people were so happy due to the purchase of the electricity equipment. We were finishing collecting equipment at around 8:20 evening. We were arriving Chikwawa at around 9:10 evening.
The premium committee members gather at around 7am, waiting for the Twin Trading trainer to continue conducting training. Doreen was arriving at around 8:10am. She explained clearly more on how a premium committee can prepare a budget process, work plan and report. The training ended at around 2pm. Upon the end of that training Kasinthula Fairtrade Premium Committee members understood their role on how to use premium funds transparently, democratically and fair decision making for the premium.
Ray Merrick and Sarrah Arrowsmith of Silverspoon Company visited Kasinthula Cane Growers at 8:20am. They were accompanied by the general manager and me to see projects that were implemented through premium fund.
The premium committee members continued to have training on Fairtrade premium committee administration (capacity building). On that last day the trainer gave opportunity to the participants to ask questions on what they were been taught. The premium committee chairperson congratulated Twin Trading for conducting trainings for premium administration.. Doreen, the trainer advised the premium committee members to follow the procedures to be followed when implementing projects. She taught the members on how to make accountable, democratically and transparent issues when using premium fund.
At 10:15am the premium committee received a visitor from Twin Trading who came to conduct training with premium administrators. The trainer, Twin Trading representative started her presentation at around 8:30am. She explained more about what premium administration should follow. She taught how the members should prepare work, budget and responsibilities and the accounting signatories. All participants understood clearly the roles premium committee has.
The Kasinthula Fairtrade premium committee, Phase one and Phase two committees had a meeting on various discussions including projects progress review. On electrification projects members agreed that Electricity Supply Corporation Of Malawi has to be asked to fasten the completion of this project so that other projects should be started before 2007 end.
Children were neglected by their own mother. A married woman who based in Chinangwa village with his husband declared herself that was no longer married and abandoned a 2yr boy and a 4month old baby. That woman pretended to her parents’ home to have a visit. But her husband was so wonderful after 2 days saw children brought by a brother of the wife and said that her sister shall not come again. The man was advised to refer the issue to police because those children needed their mother’s attachment. It was sorrowful because a 4month old baby kept on crying because it was in need of taking breast feeding. I told that friend that that was fully child abuse by his wife and need to be counseled. I advised Simbi that if children especially the baby is brought back to her mother it is barring the baby’s future for it is to be psychologically (mentally) disturbed.
A man seriously bulled and injured his wife because of intoxication and over smoking Indian hemp (chamba, kanundo, jango), these are Chichewa calling for this drug. A man was taking beer with his friends and when he got drunk, was persuaded by one of his friends to smoke this chamba. A man ever never takes chamba or any type of cigar. It was his first time and was totally confused. When he arrived home he was doubling his wife’s vision. The man started bulling his wife up the extent that the woman faint. Surrounding people caught him and referred to the nearest police.
Buffaloes have been threatening Chinangwa resident people for they escaped on their natural park (Lengwe National Park). These buffaloes destroyed winter crop (maize) of 3 farmers seriously. At 8 evening 2 watchmen were almost to be killed because they thought that the brousing sound was of cattle
At 2pm I went to watch football match at Mitole ground where Mitole, the host and Muluzi Barracks struggled for BDF League quarter finals. Almost 500 people watched the match. It is so interesting to see a lot of people watching football match as one means of preventing HIV/AIDS pandemic. Most of the youths are kept busy watching football instead of taking illegal drugs, drunkness where they are risky themselves.
A man reunited with his wife whom he separated for suspecting her of having a secret lover whilst was married. The village headman settled the matter and asked the husband to forgive his wife because was not red handed found. The village headman also reminded the husband that the children shall be neglected as if parents are dead.
The premium got me to prepare a cheque to purchase electrical equipment for Chinangwa residents, where electrification project is underway through Kasinthula Fairtrade Premium Fund. We failed to produce that cheque because the means of transport was not in place. We negotiated with the accountant to go on Monday, Sep-24-007. When I got home most of the people were asking if the equipment were bought because they were looking forward experience a new life of using electricity as one major and only benefit from premium fund.
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