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| Malaika Project is a volunteer organization. Volunteers help us from home by offering advice, designing, providing services, collecting items for donation, fundraising, and telling others about the work we do. Malaika Project volunteers also travel to
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| Stephanie Wilmore U.K. |
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It is unusual to find a voluntary organisation with the opportunities and flexibility such as is offered when working with the "Malaika Project". I went there in the summer of 2005 with the intention of augmenting the use of Insecticide Treated Bednets in the fight against malaria. Personnel from the WHO and the Tanzanian government visited Nyamusa while I was there and invited me to join them to carry out a national survey on the use of ITNs in relation to malaria incidence. The whole experience was invaluable in helping to set up the "Malaika ITN Project". Although this was my main project it was by no means the only one. As a "rich foreigner" with my modest rucksack I had to come to terms with the material and cultural divide which distinguishes the wealthy countries of our planet from the poor ones. But you know what? Volunteers CAN make a difference. I know because I witnessed it in Nyamuswa. Volunteers from all over came to offer their skills and integrate into the daily life of the villagers, sharing meals with them, playing games with their children, bringing money as well as well as know how to help them to help themselves. If you want to do voluntary work in a grass roots environment and make a valuable contribution to a community valiantly struggling to better itself, Nyamuswa could be that place. |
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| - Unite For Sight intern 2004 Sachin Jain Rush Medical College, M2 |
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| My experience in Tanzania this summer was life-changing. It has solidified my commitment to pursue international public health and to reach out to underserved communities who cannot get care on their own. By screening people for cataracts, distributing eyeglasses, providing medications, and teaching eye health in schools, I gave hope to the village of Nyamuswa. Where advanced, high-tech care was but a dream, I showed that ophthalmic care, and health care in general, can be a reality for them, despite the poverty and lack of access to services. I can't imagine doing anything more worthwhile with my summer." | |||||||||||||||||
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The 4 Canadians from Quebec : Yves, Marianne, Ann-Claude and Marc-Antoine |
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| "Who never felt this strange desire to discover the world? We, Yves Leduc, Marianne Blais, Ann-Claude Malo-Poirier and Marc-Antoine Rivard, felt it. And we found the perfect way to explore our incredible world be a volunteer in a humatarian project. Yes, we have to work hard to see our project going on. No, it's not relaxing while beside the beach. But it's the better way to feel the richness of a culture and to surpass ourself. We heard about project malaika on internet. We didn't know a lot about this project before landing in Tanzania. We arrived in Nyamuswa anxious but happy to start working. We worked on a building project. As medecine students, we must admit that we had no knowledge at all about building. However, we learned. We worked very hard to see our project going on. We were often discouraged and we sometimes wanted to give up. But we didn't. When we left Nyamuswa, we realised the chance we had had to live this amazing experience. We worked with great, professionnal people. We lived with generous families. We left Nyamuswa with the feeling of having done something good and useful, and just for that, it was worth the trip. We finish our Tanzania exploration with a safari and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, which is a great challenge. So, it was a perfect trip. Thank you to Malaika Project for having made this wonderful trip possible." |
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| Rohith Malya Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX USA |
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| "Nyamuswa is a lesson in how the world lives. It is a simple village using its most devoted asset -- its people -- to develop the infrastructure necessary to ensure progress for future generations. The community welcomed us as brothers, and through our combined efforts we moved forward, making headway on several fronts including healthcare and education. As students of medicine, we are in a unique position as effectors of both social change and providers of healthcare. While medicine's social dimensions are often difficult to decipher in the US, Nyamuswa returns medicine to its most humanitarian roots -- where the ends of one's actions can be readily visualized. Needless to say, Tanzania will change your life forever. It has mine, and taken its place as a cherished experience in my heart of hearts." |
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