Merry Christmas to all our supporters
Christmas is a providing us with a wonderful opportunity to pass on our thanks to everyone of our supporters. That sentiment is shared by our friends in Malawi who offer a great big thank you for so many things including repairs to houses and schools damaged in the recent storm, food for some families who just didnt know where else to turn, seeds enabling families to grow their own food, training in self employment, resources for schools and many other items.
Fr Owen our Parish Priest in Sitima Parish tells us that the recession is hitting badly, with petrol, amongst other things, extremely scarce limiting the transport of supplies around the country.
The people remain resilient coping with what life brings them and sharing whatever they have
Thank you and wishing you a healthy, happy and fruitful Christmas and New Year
Other News
Rooting and Fruiting
A really exciting project that is appreciated by the whole community is the idea of ‘rooting and fruiting’. A local man is growing fruit trees from seed and nurturing them before selling to N4BW for distribution to schools.
Bikes for learners
Secondary school learners in rural Zomba sometimes need to walk 8-10 kms each way to school, in the heat, sometimes extreme or the rain. So they are immensely thankful to receive the gift of bicycles
We are always learning
In February 2019 we held our first Tree Planting day for St Michael’s Zone, with the intention of repeating this project each February but first of all we needed to monitor how effective our pilot was.