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Inspiring news from The Lifeline Fund Malawi’s Dawn Centre

November 21, 2010
Posted in Lifeline Fund — Written by Isabella

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

November 19, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Dominic

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

November 17, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Nicholas

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

November 15, 2010
Posted in Lifeline Fund — Written by Dominic

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

November 13, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Nicholas

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 [...]

Berkshire primary school pupils raise money for Malawi orphan scheme

November 11, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Isabella

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 [...]

Perth church builds new home for Malawian orphans

November 9, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Dominic

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 [...]

The Lifeline Fund opens the Dawn Centre for Disabled Children in Malawi

November 7, 2010
Posted in Lifeline Fund — Written by Isabella

The Lifeline Fund has officially opened a new, purpose-built facility for disabled children in one of the poorest and most rural parts of Malawi, where access to specialist healthcare services is extremely limited.
The organisation, founded by John R. Searle more than 10 years ago, principally concerns itself with the welfare of orphaned children in [...]

Scottish TESSA initiative advances teacher training in Malawi

November 5, 2010
Posted in Malawi news — Written by Nicholas

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

November 3, 2010
Posted in Lifeline Fund, Malawi news — Written by Dominic

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 [...]

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