The First Lady of Malawi, Callista Mutharika, has publicly urged citizens not to shy away from donating blood for fear of being found HIV positive.
Mutharika was speaking at the official launch of the Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) blood donation week in the nation’s capital of Lilongwe. She said that many people don’t give [...]
First Lady of Malawi urges people to give blood for sick women and children
The Lifeline Fund Malawi: 2010 roundup of projects and progress (pt.2)
The Lifeline Fund Malawi reported some impressive achievements in the first part of 2010, including building new daycare centres for orphaned and disabled children. The following roundup looks at what the organisation got up to in the second part of the year.
May/June 2010
• Damage control after a poor harvest
This year’s harvest in Malawi was a [...]
Humanitarian award handed to Catholic Malawian nun
Sister Beatrice Chipeta, a Catholic nun from Malawi, has won a major humanitarian award for her years of work helping orphans in the disadvantaged country.
Sr. Chipeta has been called the “Mother Teresa” of Malawi, due to her tireless work to improve life for orphaned, sick or otherwise vulnerable children. She started work in the [...]
Harpenden students raise money to improve education in Malawi
Five enterprising students at a school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, are planning to raise money for a Malawian charity by organising six months’ worth of fundraising and awareness events.
The students, who are currently in Year 12 at Roundwood Park School, are supporting Wings of Hope, a charitable organisation which aims to improve education for children [...]
The Lifeline Fund Malawi: 2010 roundup of projects and progress (pt.1)
This year has been incredibly productive for the Lifeline Fund Malawi, with more than five new projects and schemes being either started or completed.
These projects, as with every other of the charity’s innovations, relate to the improvement of farming, food, education, health and general welfare in Malawi. The Lifeline Fund focuses on helping the [...]
Mary’s Meals founder wins CNN Hollywood Heroes prize for Malawi school-feeding project
The founder of school-feeding charity Mary’s Meals has been recognised with a prize from the CNN Hollywood Heroes awards scheme for his organisation’s work in Malawi and other underprivileged countries.
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, who set up Mary’s Meals in 1992, was the only person from the UK to win an award at the CNN Hollywood Heroes [...]
Malawi government signs new financial agreements to improve education
The Malawian government has reportedly signed two new financial agreements, with the Fast Track Initiative and the World Bank, in order to improve education in the country. In total, the agreements are estimated to be worth $140 million.
The World Bank has pledged to work through its International Development Agency to provide Malawi with a [...]
The Lifeline Fund Malawi: how it all began
Since it launched more than ten years ago, The Lifeline Fund in Malawi has gone from strength to strength. Not a month goes by without the organisation’s founder and co-ordinator, John R. Searle, reporting a life-saving new initiative or inspirational project.
The Lifeline Fund was set up back in 1999, after Mr Searle visited Malawi [...]
AIDS epidemic report reveals 91,000 Malawian children are living with HIV
According to the latest data published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNAIDS, there are approximately 91,000 children under 15 years old living with HIV in Malawi. The latest AIDS Epidemic Update also revealed that a significant proportion of these children are not receiving the proper medical care.
The data also estimated that:
• 2.1 million [...]
Scotland-Malawi partnership hailed a resounding success
The former First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell, has hailed the Scotland-Malawi partnership a “phenomenal” success, far beyond anything he could have imagined.
The Scotland-Malawi co-operation agreement was established in 2005, with the aim of building a mutually beneficial relationship between the two countries and improving life for underprivileged Malawians.
Since the partnership’s inception five [...]
