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Leaving on a jet plane...

Posted by Ian Wilkin on November 29, 2007 2:35 PM | 

The email landed in my inbox approximately four weeks ago, declaring “New Secondment Opportunities!� as it arrived.

Now any excuse to distract from a day of audit and accountancy is usually a welcome one and the use of the exclamation point in the subject title was enough excitement for the email to warrant a minute or two of my attention.

Little did I realise when I opened that email that less than four weeks later I would be rushing for a plane to Malawi, Africa where I would be heading up the Finance and Administration team of a Christian Mission Hospital!

Through this blog I will share with you the challenges, frustrations and adventures of living and working in Africa, with a significantly different culture, in a country quite unlike any I have ever visited before.

Some of the many challenges I will face include dealing with extreme poverty, water shortages and a lack of electricity… and that was just the first day.

Please take the opportunity to ask any questions as I go along, share advice wherever you can or feel free to offer an opinion or two.

All comments come to me direct prior to appearing on the blog so they may take a day or two to appear but I will respond to as many as time allows.

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