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LLU Students Raise Money for Malawi Project

Students at LLU are partnering with Giving Children Hope in shipping a 40ft container of supplies to the Malamulo hospital in Malawi. Kimberly Payne (Asst. Professor, Dept. of Anatomy) and her husband, Marvin Payne (Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, La Sierra University), are officers of the Board of Directors of GCH and wanted to bring together their mission at GCH with the Malawi project. Pooja Mujumdar, (graduate student, Dept. of Pharmacology) is working with them to coordinate meetings between Don, CEO of the Malamulo hospital, and GCH staff to match priority needs with medical supplies and equipment currently available through GCH. An anonymous donor has initiated a $5,000 matching challenge, the proceeds of which will go toward stocking and shipping this container. Students and staff in Kimberly Payne’s research lab have started the efforts to match this challenge by collecting donations for the Malawi project instead of exchanging Christmas gifts, which resulted in $155 raised so far.

To help match this challenge, contact Giving Children Hope at 714-523-4454.