This image was produced a few days ago at Chickweo, a small village about three hours from Blantyre, the home base for Project Peanut Butter.For several years, Project Peanut Butter served this site once every two weeks.
Yes. If we had an "audio" button, and you hit "play," you would hear dozens of children screaming and crying at high volume. The atmosphere can feel quite frenetic.
Yet, there is a simple flow and a natural calmness at this clinic.
Mothers and other caretakers seem to exhibit great patience, perhaps this skill is nurtured by their everyday life experience. Long lines, long walks, bad weather, and unpredictable health and economic circumstances may bring a certain calm to one's path.
The medial team's commitment to serve every mother and every child "in need" with an assessment and to provide every qualified child (a child in crisis) with RUTF (Ready To Use Food) may also contribute to the character of this site and other sites.
It may take two to six hours for a mother and child to receive care and, if appropriate, to receive therapeutic food, but everyone is served.
Moms wait patiently with a sense of hope. They wait without a sense of scarcity that enters other moments in their lives.
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