One year in Africa: beliefs and reality

Experiences and adventures from Namibia to Malawi

Abstract

Working as a volunteer in Africa is pleasure and sadness at the same time. It is a pleasure to see that there is a need for us, our work is found to be precious and our devotion is appreciated. On the other hand, it makes you sad that we cannot help enough and it is even harder to solve only a drop of problem out of the ocean. The author took a big task when he decided to fight HIV/AIDS with his comrades. The locations of their mission were the former German and then South-African colony Namibia and – got known after recent years famine – Malawi. Beyond the results of this honourable work we can also learn the adventurous events, the memories of discovered landscapes, and the everyday life of Africa.