Nicole's Column We are back again 5 back in Malawi for months after we had been in the Netherlands for a long time for Teleza's open heart surgery. She's still not the same. She is traumatized from the period in the hospital, her energy level is low, is often ill and is therefore sometimes ill […]
Nicole Na's column 5 After having been in the Netherlands for months, Teleza and I came up 24 November finally back in Malawi. In June when we came to the Netherlands as a family, we could never have imagined what awaited us. Teleza's health slowly deteriorated. With a small cold it subsided […]
Nicole's column Dear people, Visits have been very busy in recent months. blessings, a girl, was born on 5 december. Her mother is just 19 years old and she didn't know she was pregnant. Unexpected there was a baby. The family could not take care of the girl and therefore have […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, It's December and we're in the middle of hunger season. The next harvest won't come until April at the earliest. Life here is extremely difficult; there are almost no jobs, the currency continues to depreciate causing prices to continue to rise. A lot of babies and children are found. Grace […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, In June/July we have 5 had very pleasant weeks in the Netherlands. Unfortunately the weather was not ideal but we had a great time. Lots of hospital and doctor appointments, family visits, school supplies for the girls, visits to the MalawiShop and various fun outings. Teleza had her annual appointment in Leiden. The scans of […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, It's April and we have a lot of kids at home right now, to be precise 23 children. Last 2 weeks were very busy. On Tuesday 26 In March I received a call from youth care to pick up a three-year-old girl. Her mother is a prostitute in Lilongwe and has stolen money […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, It's December again, Another year has flown by! We are almost living again now 9 months in the city and in our new house. The girls are doing well. Diana is in the last year of primary school and will therefore be going in August 2024 starting high school. Maria […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, We have just returned from a month's holiday in the Netherlands. Teleza had her annual check-up at the hospital in Leiden and everything looked good. She can stay away from the doctors for another year. If there are any problems in the meantime, we have to come back. Maria also has a little one […]
Column 2023 Hello everyone, We are now living again 6 weeks in our new house in Lilongwe and we are doing very well. We have a new team of nannies who are very good with the children. The nannies are reliable and hard working. They work well together and come to work every day with enthusiasm […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, In November Teleza and I 2 weeks in the Netherlands. Teleza had been suffering from very bad teeth for a long time due to severe vomiting. The urinary medication she needed after her open heart surgery made her very nauseous, which resulted in a lot of vomiting. She also received a lot of antibiotics […]
Column Nicole. Hello everyone, In June/July we spent a month in the Netherlands. Teleza had her annual check-up in the hospital in Leiden and we also enjoyed a wonderful holiday in the Netherlands. Fortunately, the results of Teleza's investigations were good. Little has changed in her medical situation since the surgery. […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, The family We are already more than 6 months back in Malawi and it feels like home again. Where the girls follow the local language 10 months had not mastered the Netherlands well, most conversations with friends are currently being held in Chichewa. Also […]
Column Nicole Hello everyone, Family update Diana and Maria are doing well, they are almost on Christmas vacation and are looking forward to it. It has been extremely warm in Malawi in recent months (daily above 35 degrees) and that makes the long school days extra tiring. They are having a great time at school. Maria does […]
Column Nicole Dear everyone, On Wednesday 14 July we arrived in Malawi after a good flight. Teleza slept for a large part of the flight and Diana and Maria also did very well. We had 7 large suitcases, one of which was missing when we arrived in Lilongwe. Luckily this suitcase came […]
Column Nicole Update Afriana house Things are going very well in the Afriana house. The manager does a great job and makes sure everything goes well. Last month was one of many changes. Several children have been returned to the village or adopted. Some of these children had been staying in the Afriana house for many years […]
What in 2019 started as Café Malawi, a spontaneous aid campaign for a children's home in Malawi, has grown into the MalawiShop in less than five years, a full-fledged and busy thrift store in Zundert. In recent years we have, except many second-hand goods, also a large collection of art, collected curiosities and special furniture. They deserve one […]
It had been clear for some time that moving was going to be an inevitable choice for Nicole. We are very happy to report that they now have a new one, found a good location to continue its activities. What preceded it. By 2011 Nicole van Elteren decided to dedicate her life to the […]
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In November Teleza and I visited the Netherlands. Teleza had been suffering from very bad teeth for a long time due to severe vomiting. The urinary medication she needed after her open heart surgery made her very nauseous, which resulted in a lot of vomiting. In addition, she has been given a lot of antibiotics, which is also not good for her […]
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In June/July we spent a month in the Netherlands. Teleza had her annual check-up in the hospital in Leiden and we also enjoyed a wonderful holiday in the Netherlands. Fortunately, the results of Teleza's investigations were good. Little has changed in her medical situation since the surgery. Everything is working as planned […]
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It is not self-evident everywhere that young people can claim an education as the basis for a bright future in society. It is difficult for us to imagine, but in a lot of countries the youth has even a small chance of being able to follow normal primary education. Secondary education is in that […]
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The family We are already more than 6 months back in Malawi and it feels like home again. Where the girls follow the local language 10 months had not mastered the Netherlands well, most conversations with friends are currently being held in Chichewa. Teleza also answers most questions […]
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Dear All, On Wednesday 14 July we arrived in Malawi after a good flight. Teleza slept for a large part of the flight and Diana and Maria also did very well. We had 7 large suitcases, one of which was missing when we arrived in Lilongwe. Luckily this suitcase came a few […]
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Things are going very well in the Afriana house. The manager does a great job and makes sure everything goes well. There have been many changes in the past month. Several children have been returned to the village or adopted. Some of these children have been staying in the Afriana house for many years and it is always a mixed feeling to […]
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The year 2020 has received a very special load for everyone. The world has still not recovered from the attack that the Covid virus has perpetrated on everyone's lives. And as we continue to have to stick to the restrictive measures to get this evil disease under control, the harder it is for many […]
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Things are going well in Malawi at the moment. One of the babysitters is the manager and directs the other babysitters. Before I came to the Netherlands I already started training her. She is a Malawian woman who has worked in South Africa for several years. She is doing very well and keeps everything well […]
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These are exciting times for Teleza, her mother and sisters and of course the family. Teleza was operated on in Leiden last week. She first underwent a catheterization and a heart valve was repaired that kept shooting into the pulmonary artery. After that, her heart has to recover and will have follow-up surgery as soon as she has strengthened sufficiently […]
The moment of acquisition may not be the most favorable. The virus seems to have started the second wave, so we can't be too careful. It is our duty to protect each other and our shop visitors as much as possible. That's why we had already introduced a number of measures, like maximum 10 visitors, cleaning the […]
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After weeks of hard work, on Tuesday we have 22 September the door of our store officially opened. With a small group consisting of board, members of our new Committee of Recommendation and some people who have made an important contribution to establishing the contact between Zundert and the project of […]
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After a lot of hot days has finally begun the rainy season. The hunger is so terrible moment that most families have no food and no seeds to plant. I have therefore decided to use part of the money from the foundation seeds and fertilizer. We want the families self-sufficient and therefore […]
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Katie lives with me since March, 2015. Once she came to my house, we started looking for her family. However, that was not easy. We only had a phone number for her father's family. They Katie years treated badly and refused to contact her mother to give family. Eventually after 5 months […]
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In Malawi it is summer now. The temperature goes almost every day above 30 degrees. Yesterday decided therefore to take the girls for a day at the pool in Lilongwe. Maria and Diana swam before but Fenili (nanny who lives with me) Tiwonge and Katie had never been to the pool […]
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Chinsisi Jonasi is one of the children in my project sponsor. The mother of Chinsinsi has epileptic and mentally retarded; She was raped and became pregnant. After birth, the grandmother took over caring for Chinsinsi. But the mother refused to breastfeed and the mother was unable to buy milk powder. […]
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On February 7 September started the new school year. Last year, Maria and Diana went to a local nursery school. Diana in May became three and this year goes to the beginners class at Ebenezer. Ebenezer is a mission school in Nkhoma. We teach in English, and there is a maximum of 30 students per class. […]
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Last Saturday I was invited by Diana's family to attend the ceremony chef. Each village in Malawi has a person responsible for social problems to solve - the chef. The chief ceremony began on Friday, because of security reasons I decided, I decided to go along day Saturday. We arrived Saturday morning […]
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Esinta Kalikokha is born 28 September 2014. Her mother has four children, all a lot older than Esinta. De oudste is 18, the second 16, the third 14 and the fourth 10. Esinta is the fifth child and currently 11 months old. Begin augustus 2015 The mother became ill Esinta. […]
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Esinta Kalikokha is born 28 September 2014. Her mother has four children, all a lot older than Esinta. De oudste is 18, the second 16, the third 14 and the fourth 10. Esinta is the fifth child and currently 11 months old. Begin augustus 2015 The mother became ill Esinta. […]
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Esinta Kalikokha is born 28 September 2014. Her mother has four children, all a lot older than Esinta. De oudste is 18, the second 16, the third 14 and the fourth 10. Esinta is the fifth child and currently 11 months old. Begin augustus 2015 The mother became ill Esinta. […]
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Last week we climbed Nkhoma Mountain. Katie, Tiwonge and Fenilli live as Nkhoma several years but have never Nkhoma mountain climb. Two careful spent the night at my home to take care of the little ones and I booked an overnight stay for us in the refuge. Friday afternoon we left and we have the […]
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