Many thanks to the Ladies from Arnside
This school, in a particularly impoverished area has been lacking toilets – but not any more. Thanks to the generosity of Irish Aid, N4BW has been able to build six new toilets on the school site.Members of the Arnside Stitch-in-Time Group have generously donated a suitcase full of goodies to be taken out by Alice and Marian as they travel to Malawi. As well as knitted baby blankets, hats and jumpers the ladies have made and donated ladies washable hygiene kits. Zikomo kwambiri!
Other News
Keeping Girls in Education
According to UNESCO, Institute for Statistics, (US 2018), the figures show that in Sub-Saharan Africa, 33.3 million girls of primary and lower secondary school age are out of school, rising to 52.2 million
Christmas Tree Festival at St Faith’s
Volunteer Sheila Cogley and friends decorated N4BW tree with lots of colourful decorations in Malawi style.
Masks for Malawi
Malawi like everywhere else in the world is experiencing the traumas of Covid 19. At the time of writing, confirmed cases are 2500 and deaths 40. These figures may not seem high but they have shot up since the middle of June