Chakwera Hosted To Friday Dinner In US
His Excellency Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, who is in the United States of America for a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) started his engagements on Friday night with a reception co-hosted in his honour by the Chikondi Health Foundation and the Sarah Walker Foundation at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.
The event was aimed at mobilizing resources for the health sector in Malawi, following the successful work done by the Chikondi Health Foundation in mobilizing financial and technical support for operations of Lilongwe’s Blessings Hospital over the past ten years.
According to the Central Information Office the was organized to reinforce the President’s call for continued partnership between his Government, which supports CHAM facilities,
The facilities like Blessings Hospital, SW Foundation, and LipscombUniversity, had both their Founders: Dr. Napoleon Dzombe, and the Director, Mr. Harold Banda, attending the event and spoke about the impact this collaboration is having on dozens of thousands of people in rural Malawi.
The leaders of the two Foundations, Mr. Wes Gunn and Dr. Chelsia Harris, as well as the President of Lipscomb University, Dr. Candace McQueen praised the Malawi leader for ensuring that their partnership in sserving Malawians had the necessary support and direction from the Malawi Government.
Delivering the keynote address, President Chakwera spoke about Malawi Vision 2063’s Vision aimed at sustaining self-reliance and emphasized the need for US donors to partner with more health facilities like Blessings Hospital.
“in pursuit of of that vision, lauding the project as the embodiment of self-reliance, being a hospital founded by one of Malawi’s most enterprising sons, that is an investment in Malawi’s health sector contribution to the human capital development of the country, which is one of the enablers of Malawi’s national vision.
Accompanying the President and First Lady to the Reception were: Hon. Nancy Tembo, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Khumbize Chiponda, MP, Minister of Health, and Ambassador Justice Esme Chombo, Malawi’s Envoy to the United States, among others.
Prior to the Reception, the delegation was taken on a tour of Lipscomb University’s Schools of Nursing and Engineering, where the Malawi leader interacted with students who travel regularly to Malawi to conduct mobile clinics in rural areas alongside Malawian health workers.
Meanwhile the Malawian delegation has returned to New York today, where the President has a scheduled meeting with Diaspora Malawians.
