Packing for Malawi

As promised, I wanted to give an idea of what I'm planning to pack for Malawi. It has been very useful to see what other people list, so I thought this might be useful to someone else at some point. This is getting very close to being the final version unless I end up paring down due to lack of room.

Clothes:

• 4-6 long skirts
• leggings for biking
• 1 nice work outfit (warm for pre-service orientation in Philly)
• 1 going-out outfit
• a few collared shirts (required at training)
• sweatshirt
• tank tops 
• lots of undies
• jacket, windbreaker jacket
• ankle socks
• slips
• 2 regular bras and 3 sports bras
• hiking boots (cute new ones!!)
• tennis shoes
• dress flats
• flip flops
• swim suit
• PJ's
• 1 pair jeans

Toiletries 

• shampoo
• nice smelling bar soap
• face wash & face towelettes 
• bare minerals makeup 
• Hairspray/Gel
• Deodorant
• Sunscreen/Aloe
• razors
• hair cutting scissors 
• OBs (enough for 3 months)
• hand sanitizer 
• Advil
• Zyrtec
• Vitamins 
• small jewelry 

Entertainment/Work 

• laptop
• flash drive
• discman with headphones & speaker
• CDs
• notebook
• playing cards & uno
• stationary & stamps
• several great books (including my all time favorite - Meridian) 
• notecards & highlighter for language learning 
• travel watercolor set, paper, brush and colored pencils
• camera
• seeds
• travel purse 
• photos
• stuffed animal

Tools, Etc

• headlamp (I found a pink one!)
• sleeping bag and sleep sack
• towel & washcloth
• kitchen knife
• peeler
• can opener
• leatherman
• wrinkle release spray
• water bottle
• teago
• converters
• sewing kit
• ziplocks
• rechargeable batteries
• umbrella
• camping plate, cup & utensils 

Other

• host gift (Louisville towels and bouncy balls for the kids)