Pupils at Southlake Primary School in Woodley, Berkshire, have managed to raise £1,475 for disadvantaged orphans in Malawi through a harvest fundraising campaign. Set up by Year Three teacher Michelle Timms, the fund will be used to improve nutrition, health and education facilities for orphaned children in Malawi.
The annual harvest week fundraising drive [...]
Berkshire primary school pupils raise money for Malawi orphan scheme
Perth church builds new home for Malawian orphans
Similarly to the exemplary work the Lifeline Fund is doing in Malawi, the members of a church in Perth, Australia have raised funds to build new facilities to house some of the country’s many orphaned children.
Life is incredibly difficult for orphaned children in Malawi, whose parents have been lost to HIV/AIDs, malaria or other [...]
Scottish TESSA initiative advances teacher training in Malawi
The Scottish government has gone a step further in its efforts to improve life for underprivileged people in Malawi, with a new initiative aimed at improving teacher training.
The Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (TESSA) scheme has been set up to develop the skills of approximately 400,000 teachers in twelve African countries, and Malawi is [...]
Wisconsin students take part in charity run for Malawi orphans
It is a sad fact that young children in Malawi, orphaned after their parents die from preventable diseases, often struggle to survive. This is why a number of organisations, including the Lifeline Fund, dedicate their work to improving conditions for these children, especially in rural areas where access to medical facilities and education is exceedingly [...]
Malawi’s president lifts birth assistant ban to improve infant mortality rate
The president of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has backed the lifting of a ban on traditional birth assistants (TBAs), with the aim of improving the infant mortality rate in the country.
Mutharika made his announcement at the UN millennium development goals summit in New York recently. He explained how the TBAs – banned in 2007 [...]
Malawi charity CBM UK carries out 1,000 eye operations a year
Similarly to the Lifeline Fund, whose work focuses on the needy and vulnerable in rural Malawi, CBM UK is working to improve the sight of people in rural areas who don’t have access to proper medical facilities.
It is estimated that around 4 per cent of people in the world suffer from blindness or visual impairment. [...]
Malawi teachers call for salary top-up and housing allowance
The Link for Education Governance (LEG) non-government organisation has asked the Malawian government to weigh up proposals which would see teachers in the country benefit from a salary top-up scheme, similar to the one the health sector recently received.
Although the Malawian government has made significant improvement in teacher welfare policies, the LEG believes that teachers [...]
IntraHealth International praised for reducing maternity mortality in Malawi
The Malawian government has commended the US non-profit organisation IntraHealth International for its valuable work in reducing the maternity mortality rate in the country.
Improving maternal health is Goal 5 in the Millennium Development Goals all 192 United Nations member countries have agreed to strive towards, including Malawi.
The IntraHealth International development project – implemented [...]
Figures reveal AIDS cases have dropped in rural areas of Malawi
According to Christian organisation, the Malawi Council of Churches (MCC), the number of reported AIDS and HIV cases in rural areas has dropped compared to recent years.
This report was delivered by the Vice Secretary General of the MCC, Reverend Chelewani, who used the examples of two rural regions the organisation focuses on to show [...]
Great Yarmouth councillor launches fundraiser for Malawian babies
A councillor from Great Yarmouth has this week launched a fundraising appeal in the borough, to help raise money for orphaned children in Malawi.
Brenda Taylor first visited the poverty-stricken country back in 2006, after raising enough money to provide Malawian residents with a bicycle and a new chicken house.
The latest fundraiser is in [...]
