The area west of the Chileka Road, stretching from Mwaiwathu Private Hospital to the fence demarcating the mission and G4 Security Company has within its borders may important institutions such as the Blantyre Synod Headquarters, St Michael & All Angels Church, Henry Henderson Institute Primary and Secondary Schools and Phoenix Nursery and Primary Schools. The entire land area is known by many people as HHI (Henry Henderson Institute).
This, at any rate, is innacurrate nomenclature. The more correct name is Blantyre Mission. It started off in 1876 as a mission station of the Church of Scotland, and was named after the birth place of Dr David Livingstone. The mission established a school thirty three years later and called it the Henry Henderson Institute (HHI). Initially it only catered for primary school goers but now has a secondary school as well.
Later the commercial town that developed close to the mission grew and merged with another town to the east called Limbe, the resulting metropolis being called Blantyre [City].
Perhaps the best known facility at the Blantyre Mission is the cemetery because it gets visited by people from all walks of life. In confusion, many people refer to it as the HHI Cemetery.
Even the church often gets referred to as HHI CCAP Church. For God's sake, no church meets at HHI premises (the school). The church in question is St Michael and All Angels Church, built by Rev David Clement Scott between 1888 and 1891, long before HHI came into being.
Christians at St Michael & All Angels Church have built a 3000 seater edifice known as the Multipurpose Church Hall. The facility hosts a whole range of activities, ranging from examinations through wedding receptions to musical concerts. I recently heard a radio advertisement stating that a certain function would take place at the HHI Multipurpose Hall. Wrong! Very wrong!
Once again, the name of the place is Blantyre Mission. Calling it HHI is like calling every Toyota a "Corolla".
This, at any rate, is innacurrate nomenclature. The more correct name is Blantyre Mission. It started off in 1876 as a mission station of the Church of Scotland, and was named after the birth place of Dr David Livingstone. The mission established a school thirty three years later and called it the Henry Henderson Institute (HHI). Initially it only catered for primary school goers but now has a secondary school as well.
Later the commercial town that developed close to the mission grew and merged with another town to the east called Limbe, the resulting metropolis being called Blantyre [City].
Perhaps the best known facility at the Blantyre Mission is the cemetery because it gets visited by people from all walks of life. In confusion, many people refer to it as the HHI Cemetery.
Even the church often gets referred to as HHI CCAP Church. For God's sake, no church meets at HHI premises (the school). The church in question is St Michael and All Angels Church, built by Rev David Clement Scott between 1888 and 1891, long before HHI came into being.
Christians at St Michael & All Angels Church have built a 3000 seater edifice known as the Multipurpose Church Hall. The facility hosts a whole range of activities, ranging from examinations through wedding receptions to musical concerts. I recently heard a radio advertisement stating that a certain function would take place at the HHI Multipurpose Hall. Wrong! Very wrong!
Once again, the name of the place is Blantyre Mission. Calling it HHI is like calling every Toyota a "Corolla".
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