Volunteer Therapeutic Course Facilitators will deliver one or more of our Therapeutic Courses. These will usually take place over a six week period, for two hours a week.In her remarks the Minister of Health, Dr. Jean Kalirani, (the guest of honour representing the president) eloquently pledged the Malawi government’s commitment to supporting trachoma elimination in Malawi. She reminded everyone that the chief challenge to eliminating trachoma in Malawi has been inadequate financial resources and personnel. She excitedly confessed that the trachoma elimination programme is the first to openly say, “We have enough money for implementation and be assured we will not knock at your door to ask for additional resources.” She challenged her ministry to take up leadership and coordination of the programme through the National Blindness Prevention Committee and the national trachoma taskforce to provide leadership direction and monitor progress.