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Nester Phiri, a nurse in Malawi has a dream to build a clinic. She lives in Salima, Malawi. It has been her dream and ambition to build her own clinic for expectant mothers. In 2008 we decided that we would help her with this much needed place for the community run by a caring woman, Nester. (First posted on September 10, 2010)

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We were very happy to receive photos from Malawi today showing progress on the clinic and the drilling of a borehole adjacent to it. Below is a letter of thanks to LifeNets supporters for funding the clinic. We thank Rotary International for a $21,000 grant for three boreholes, one of which will serve the clinic and community.

I would like to thank LifeNets Contributors for assistance given to me through LifeNets coordinator Mrs. Beverly Kubik, which has enabled me to build a Clinic of which upon its completion will help me to earn a living.

The Clinic will comply of three departments. The first department will be for daily care of sick people where they will be getting the treatment according to their illnesses. On this I will need to employ a clinician to run that department. The second department will be a prenatal care for pregnant mother before they deliver their babies. I will be the one responsible for this department. The third will be for children care ranging from day one to five years of age. Theywill be monitored on their weight, growth in general and their health status. They will also be given various vaccines. I will be in this department also on voluntary basis because most resource on this area come from the Government.

The clinic will assist about75 families around it and others from within Salima district. I will need about five people to start the clinic that is including me.

In the first week of November, 2010 a Rotary-funded borehole was drilled adjacent to the clinic.

Two years ago while visiting in Malawi, Beverly and I spoke with a nurse we had known since about 2003. Her name is Nester Phiri. She had worked for another one of our clinics in Lilongwe, but moved back to Salima close to Lake Malawi.

The photos below were taken in April. We are anxious to see this clinic in September 2010 when we visit in Malawi.

Nester told us that the clinic is a work in progress and it is in the process of being registered with the government. The walls are up inside as well as doors and window. This is a $4500 project that will do a lot of good for Salima.