January, 2008:
Drilling of new wells in Blantyre, Malawi
Thanks to the generosity of churches and individuals in the Presbytery of Cayuga-Syracuse and Pyongyang Presbtytery in South Korea, THREE new wells are being drilled in Blantyre. These photos show the progress of the drilling in January, 2008:

December, 2007:
Wells Needed in Blantyre, Malawi

The Reverend Harvey Sindima was special guest in worship and the Adult Forum on World Communion Sunday, October 7. Harvey was Westminster's Interim Pastor before Pastor Phil Windsor was called in 2000. Harvey is a native of Malawi, Africa, a Professor of Religion at Colgate University, an ordained Presbyterian Minister, and a member at large of the Presbytery of Cayuga Syracuse.
Harvey's native country of Malawi is devastated by lack of food, refugees from neighboring countries and increasing numbers of orphans whose parents have died from AIDS/HIV. Harvey reported that by 2010, there will be 12 million orphans in southern Africa.
Harvey's family runs a project in Blantyre, Malawi called the Blantyre North Relief Project. You can read more about it at www.bnrp.org. Harvey's mother and father began the relief effort by providing food and clothing to a few orphans in 1985. The project now helps about 700 children and elderly.
Harvey and his wife Gertrude, a nurse/midwife, also started a school north of Blantyre (the Sindima Memorial Institute of Arts and Technology), and are constructing the building on a "pay as you go" basis.
One remaining working well is now servicing the area where the Sindima family does its work. The entire village draws water from this one well, which is in serious danger of failing from overuse.
Through its International Partnership Covenant, the Presbytery of Cayuga Syracuse and the Pyongyang Presbytery of South Korea pledged to raise money for two additional wells in the Blantyre region. Each well will cost approximately $6000.

To donate toward the work of the Blantyre North Relief Project, make out your check to Westminster Presbyterian Church, with "BNRP, Malawi" on the memo line, For more information, see www.bnrp.org.