LILONGWE, Jan 30 (IPS) – H.E. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera is President of Malawi“I was blind, but now I see.” This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work or provide for her family once the disease began to affect her eyesight.