Area 25
Dave Schmidgall
Nov 11, 2008 · 11:25 AMSaturday was spent in Area 25, a group of villages in Lilongwe. One of the primary reasons for the trip was to visit the site of a bridge that the community is building that will span a 6-feet-wide river. During the rains the make-shift wooden bridge washes away. So far at least five people have died trying to cross the river during the rain. Servants of the Nation helped to organize the community and get the materials locally. Construction on the bridge should begin on Monday if the ground is dry.
They are using concrete, stone, and wooden planks for construction. If all goes well, it should be done in a week, just before the rains begin.
The predominant need in the villages was for wells. Many were in disrepair and at least one was highly contaminated. Many of the elders and others in the villages suffer from bloody diarrhea among other things. The women could not boil the water because of a lack of firewood. Those wells that were broken will be fixed next week. The contaminated well will be shocked with chlorine soon. In the meantime, the village will have access to potable water from another well about a half-mile away.
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