| James and Jodi McGill
P.O. Box 1000
Mzuzu, Malawi
Email: Jim and Jodi McGill
Jim and Jodi McGill have been under appointment as mission co-workers
since 1995. Their most recent assignment, which began in 2000,
is in Mzuzu, Malawi, just two hours from Embangweni, where they
had lived for ten years. Jim and Jodi moved to Mzuzu at the request
of the Synod of Livingstonia of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian,
the PC(USA)’s partner in Malawi, in order to widen the scope
of their work to include the entire synod. After their reappointment
in June 2004, Jodi began working part-time at the Ekwendeni Hospital's
nursing school as a clinical instructor.
Malawi is a landlocked country bordering Tanzania to the north
and east, Mozambique to the south, east, and west, and Zambia
to the west. Mzuzu, a small town with electricity, email access,
shops, and several schools, is located in the northern region
of Malawi. The predominant illnesses in Malawi are malaria, pneumonia,
anemia, malnutrition, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS related illnesses.
The average life expectancy is 35 years, which reflects the high
mortality rates from malaria and HIV/AIDS.
Jim serves two roles in the Synod
of Livingstonia’s Development Department—coordinator
of protected water and buildings coordinator. After moving to
Mzuzu, Jodi became the Synod’s coordinator for primary health
care and at the same time also took on the work of interim coordinator
for the AIDS department. Jim coordinates the clean water and sanitation
work of the Synod’s three hospitals, the clean water section
of the Synod’s Development Department, and the shallow wells
work of the Marion Medical Mission. The focus of his work is to
ensure sustainability at the community level and to ensure the
church is a strong presence in the rural development of Malawi
and an effective advocate for its people. |
