Next stop…Mozambique

May 21st, 2007 2:00 PM UTC
By Nancy W. Warlick, ONE member, Orlando, FL

I just received another note from ONE member Nancy Warlick who has been in Africa for the past 3 weeks. She and 13 others from their Orlando church are now on their way to Mozambique to visit several crises orphanages. I received many photographs from Nancy, and chose a few that I thought I’d share. I was immediately drawn to this little girl from the Namumu Orphanage holding the ONE band. One of the main reasons I first got involved with ONE was in hopes of being able to make a change in a life of a child. When I see a photo like this, I am more inspired to do what I do.

Joan Faulkner , ONE Regional Field Organizer

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Joan,

Greetings from Antananarivo, the capitol of Madagascar, located off the south eastern coast of Africa. As people here say, Manahoana, (hello or
good day in Malagasy). I will also say Bonjour (which is hello in French.) I have been here for over a week now and am having a great time with my two grandchildren, and the whole family.

Our daughter Elizabeth is a nurse and a public health specialist who works with the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM) on HIV/AIDS education & awareness, helping people overcome AIDS stigmatization, malaria eradication, clean water projects and helping rural villages to mobilize for wells.

Madagascar is one of the 10 poorest countries in the world with a population of 20 million people. This island country was the first country selected to receive a money award from the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) in 2005. The MCA aims to help support economic growth and poverty reduction in poor countries whose governments rule justly.

It will be hard to leave on Wednesday, but I am so happy to have had such a good visit with part of my family, as well as with many Malagasy friends with whom we have worked.

Of course, I have taken a lot of photos and have given out some ONE stickers, several ONE T-shirts and white bracelets. On Monday, I will be talking about the ONE Campaign with the students at the school where my grandchildren attend. I will take a group photo here because this school is like a mini-United Nations, with students from Madagascar, U. S., Britain, South Africa, Korea and India.

Au revoir (good-bye in French) and Veloma (good-bye in Malagasy). Hope you can come visit this beautiful island some day and meet some of the warm and gracious people here. I want to share with all of you and tell you more about Madagascar and those who live here, but I must close for now.

Warmest regards,
Nancy W. Warlick

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