With the backdrop of a prolonged health workers strike and headlines reading We’re ready to be fired – Copperbelt health workers in the Saturday Post (Zambian newspaper), our Medical Team arrived into Ndola. This also coincides with recent investigations into the embezzlement of funds within the Ministry of Health, of a massive scale. It really will be a welcome to Zambia for our team as these issues will no doubt bring an escalation in the amount of people within the poorer communities that require urgent medical assistance.
While we hope that health workers and government can come to an agreement for the long term benefit of all Zambians, we can, at the very least, thank God for the timing of this team for our local communities. We hope many will be greatly assisted over the coming weeks.
On arrival, Tim (our team leader) received his African welcome by being asked to preach the following day. What’s that verse, be ready in and out of season! However staff at Eagles Wings did mistake Andrew for the Pastor, and were quite surprised to find out that it was actually Tim! Easy mistake to make…
