Month: July 2014

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The Tale of the visit that grew (and grew) In May 2012 Audrey Kelly, a veterinary nurse, set out for 10 days in Malawi with a group of vets and vet nurses to help to set up and equip a veterinary clinic ( the Lilongwe Society for the Protection and Care of Animals) and train…

The Tale of LovesWorld LovesWorld is a cooperation between local people in Baula and supporters in the UK. It began with a nursery school held under a mango tree and has grown to feed, care for and teach orphans, widows, the elderly and others in need in the local community. With income generation schemes including…

The Tale of the Kwenderana Partnership The Church of Scotland congregations had supported and helped the folk in Ekwendeni for over 20 years.   The connection became even closer when neighbouring churches  Busby, Giffnock South,  Greenbank and Williamwood joined together to form the Kwenderana Partnership 9 years ago. (Kwenderana means Walking Together)   In November 2009 a covenant was signed between those churches…

The Tale of the Orange Elephant Early in 2013 an unusual delivery arrived at the Strachur store. It included 2 elephants, a horse, 2 motorbikes and a fire engine – all part of a complete set of playground equipment sent from Ballymena in Northern Ireland on its way to a school at Msongwe, just outside…

The third container to be sent from Dundee loaded on Saturday 5th July and is now on its way to Antwerp on the first leg of its sea journey to Malawi. Congratulations to all the team in Dundee. The variety of goods loaded into our containers is enormous – clothing, shoes, bedding, hospital and educational…