For some reason, the following paragraph failed to be published in my previous post (which is no doubt due to my inexperience using this site), regarding my friend Yuko:
A filming crew from the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company in Tokyo also took part in our orientation sessions. Takeda is a supporter of Seed Global Health and so filmed our sessions and interviewed us about our hopes for the year, but it isn’t only vanity that makes us look forward to seeing the final film. Yuko Furukawa was part of the film crew and we became friends, so she promised to visit me in Blantyre when the crew comes to Malawi in October. (Shameless plug: you too can be featured if you come to visit!)