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 [...]
Mary’s Meals founder wins CNN Hollywood Heroes prize for Malawi school-feeding project
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 [...]
Inspiring news from The Lifeline Fund Malawi’s Dawn Centre
The Lifeline Fund Malawi has undertaken many projects in Malawi over the years, focusing on helping vulnerable people in the most rural and underprivileged parts of the country.
Although the organisation’s main project, the Namisu Orphan Village, helps the largest number of children in Malawi, the Lifeline Fund’s latest project may be the most desperately [...]
East Lancashire athletes build classroom for Malawian village school
Athletes in East Lancashire have completed a successful campaign to raise money for children in a poverty-stricken village of Malawi, in order to build them a new classroom.
Spearheaded by Maureen Laney, a champion road and fell runner with the Clayton Harriers, and her daughter Eleanor, the fundraising campaign aimed to raise £5,000 for a new [...]
Canadian charity raises money for AIDS sufferers in Malawi
A Canadian charity set up after one of its volunteers visited Africa is poised to launch a new fundraising drive for AIDs sufferers in Malawi.
Michael Gregson, from the Ontario town of Kitchener, set up the charity Warm Hearts of Africa after visiting the country and being moved by the resilience of the people he met [...]
The Lifeline Fund Malawi reports progress on Dawn Centre for Disabled Children
After working in the most isolated parts of rural Malawi for more than ten years, setting up new initiatives every six months or so, the Lifeline Fund Malawi is proud to report the ongoing success of another project.
Following the success of the Lifeline Fund’s flagship project – the Namisu Orphan Village – and numerous [...]
Aberdeenshire charity shop raises £8,000 for Malawi trust
A charity shop in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, has managed to raise £8,000 for a Malawi trust, to help disadvantaged people in the country.
Far and Wide, a shop run by volunteers from local churches, raised £8,000 in a recent fundraising drive. A cheque for that amount was recently presented to a representative from the Raven Trust, an [...]
