Livingstonia or Kondowe is a town located in the Northern Region district of Rumphi in Malawi and is home to Livingstonia Mission. It is 430 kilometres north of the capital, Lilongwe, and connected by
Livingstonia MW
Livingstonia Mission Church
Main building of the David Gordon Memorial Hospital in 2011
Robert Laws FRGS FRSGS was a Scottish missionary who headed the Livingstonia mission in the Nyasaland Protectorate for more than 50 years. The mission played a crucial role in educating Africans durin
Livingstonia, Malawi
…therefore not prone to mosquitoes carrying malaria. The mission station gradually developed into a small town. The leading missionary for 52 years was Robert Laws. He established the best school in the region at the time in Livingstonia, and its graduates became influential in several neighbouring countries…
Plaque to Robert Laws, St Machars Cathedral
This channel, cut into a densely wooded hillside, was constructed under Laws and still carries water to Livingstonia