Waiting for departure from Heathrow Airport...
Lilongwe HQ, my workplace for the first 2 weeks.
Our first torrential downpour, 5 seconds in the rain and you are soaked, as if someone had thrown a bucket over you!
I'm working as part of a Tearfund team to help address some of the root causes of poverty in Malawi. We'll be engaging in locally-run projects that will improve both food security and water access for rural communities, as well as promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. We want to empower these people to break through the cycle of poverty, not merely provide cosmetic solutions that will leave us with a feel-good factor afterwards.