“Ansbach für Malawi” regularly offers its members and interested people the opportunity to learn more about the East African country of Malawi as well as about the ongoing projects on the ground.

Since the current coronavirus crisis makes a lecture as we knew it impossible, the association decided to simply present it online. Fortunately, the director of the Mulanje Mission Hospital, which is supported by “Ansbach für Malawi”, could be won for a presentation via Zoom. The Dutchman Dr. Arie Glas has been living with his family in Mulanje, Malawi, for three years and heads the hospital, with which the association works closely. The aim of the lecture was to give people in Germany an insight into the current health situation, which is also changing dramatically in East Africa as a result of the coronavirus.

Glas made it very clear that the coronavirus also poses a massive challenge to the health care system in Malawi, but that in this context one must not forget that many countries in Africa have to deal with many other deadly diseases besides the coronavirus, such as tuberculosis, HIV, and malaria. Accordingly, the new pandemic must be brought under control with the few resources available, such as a total of 100 intensive care beds and no ventilators in the country, while bearing in mind that the other diseases mentioned, as well as malnutrition, still remain the greatest challenges.

The association Ansbach für Malawi is now collecting donations for the Mulanje Mission Hospital for the next 14 days (until May 13, 2020). These are to be used for coronavirus prevention on the one hand, but also to support the hospital’s work with regard to other deadly diseases. All donations the association collects during this period will be doubled once again by a Dutch organization, so that every euro works twice.

Update May 17, 2020: A total of 3,160 euros were raised through the appeal after our online lecture with Dr. Glas. This amount will now be doubled by the Dutch organization Wilde Ganzen, so that a total of 6,320 euros will go to Malawi to the Mulanje Mission Hospital to fight the coronavirus (including its consequences) and other diseases. Thank you very much for your support and interest!