Embangweni
human settlement in Malawi
The town of Embangweni is located in the Mzimba district in the Northern Region of Malawi. Its population is approximately 5,000 people. Embangweni is some two hours away from Mzuzu.
It contains a Hospital, Church, School for the Hard of Hearing, Robert Laws Secondary School and a primary school.
Hospital
Embangweni Hospital is a 134-bed hospital which serves a population of about 100,000 people. It operates three remote health centers located in Kalikumbi, Mabiri, and Mpasazi.
History
Work to establish the Embangweni Station, by the Reverend Donald Fraser and his wife, Dr. Agnes Fraser, missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland. Donald Fraser had arrived in Malawi at the end of 1896. Clinical work began at the hospital in 1902 when Malawi was suffering from a famine.
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