The Second Edition of Pamene Palibe Dokotala printed.
November 2008

The first printed 6000 copies of Pamene Palibe Dokotala, the Chichewa version of the world-acclaimed Where There is No Doctor health care book were published by Umoyo Trust at the end of 2007. The book was officially launched by the Ministry of Health of Malawi three months later and after the following two months all the books were sold and distributed by other NGOs to rural areas to be used by health and community workers as well as by communities’ them-selves. 900 books were donated by Umoyo Trust to the Ministry of Health and GTZ.

The success of the first print was gratified by the donation of MWK of 3, 000,000 from Press Trust for the printing of the 2nd edition of Pamene Palibe Dokotala. Umoyo Trust financed 30 % of the total printing cost.

The 6000 copies of the second edition were printed in Cape Town, South Africa; and were delivered to Malawi in November.

The need for books such as Pamene Palibe Dokotala is great.  The Health System in Malawi is underfinanced with very few medical institutions and medical personnel and short of necessary resources and drugs. Community-based health workers, who have seldom adequate training and who generally lack any reference and educational materials, are usually the only primary health care providers in rural communities. Hundreds of men, women and children in Malawi keep dying due to easy preventable and treatable diseases everyday.

To learn more about Pamene Palibe Dokotala click here.
To learn more about the health situation and some statistics in Malawi click here.

Umoyo Trust becomes a new member of the Book Publishers Association of Malawi (BPAM).
September 2008

It has been approved by BPAM in September this year that Umoyo Trust does qualify to be a new member of the Association which directly cooperates with the African Publishers Network (APNET) in strengthening the indigenous publishing in Africa.

Umoyo Trust publications, the Chichewa versions of Hesperian books, are outstanding in that they provide all-in-one reference and educational information addressing the issues which people in Malawi are facing every day.  This information is written in their indigenous language adapted to be culture-friendly and easy- understandable even for people with little education. 

To learn more about BPAM and APNET click here.

A new book for women in progress.
August 2008

After a successful first published health care book Pamene Palibe Dokotala, Umoyo Trust starts production of another Hesperian book called Where Women Have no Doctor in Chichewa Pamene Amayi Alibe Dokotala.

Where Women Have no Doctor, a health guide for women, combines self-help medical information with an understanding of the ways poverty, discrimination and cultural beliefs limit women's health and access to care. Developed with community-based groups and medical experts from more than 30 countries, Where Women Have No Doctor is an essential resource for any woman who wants to improve her health, and for health workers who want more information about the problems that affect only women or that affect women differently from men. The book includes information on the use of antiretroviral drugs and preventing mother-to-child transmission, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, family planning, TB, care for women who have had abortions, and medicines.

The book is currently being translated by the Pamene Palibe Dokotala translator, the linguistic expert from the University of Malawi at the Chancellor College. Umoyo Trust has also called for local artists who will adapt all illustrations from the book into Malawian context.

Pamene Amayi Alibe Dokotala is in invaluable guide for any growing up girl, woman and mother.
The book is expected to be ready by the middle of 2009.        
                               
To read more on health situation of women in Malawi click here.
To read more about Where Women Have no Doctor click here