Month: December 2014

Val Symons is a PE teacher who has been visiting Malawi for a number of years with the Focus on Malawi team. She has built up a relationship with Teachers and pupils at Ekwendeni Srcondary School and sent them balls and equipment for netball with a Raven Trust container. However, they had no netball stands.…

The Raven Trust store at Peddie Street, Dundee will be closed on Saturday 27th December 2014 and Saturday 3rd January 2015 Thank you

The three pedal – powered rice threshers were loaded onto a container at Dundee on Saturday 6th December along with around 1,000 boxes of goods of all descriptions. The container should reach Malawi within 3 months, in time for the next rice harvest and should be of great benefit to the small farmers around Kaporo near…

Nigel and Vicky Milne assisted by Catherine Smith, have been busy undertaking dentistry again this year,  particularly in the remote areas of Embangweni and along the coast.  People came from far and wide to be seen by the team and over 850 teeth were safely extracted, including a three rooted molar which was a challenge. …

John Littlejohn has just returned from Malawi. While there he was able to undertake the testing of water quality of boreholes, shallow wells and scrapes around the Ekwendeni area. Some, which are near housing, have contamination issues and the PHC (Primary Health Care Department) of the hospital will investigate further. Many have a ‘salty taste’…