Month: April 2016
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FCL 100 arrives in Ekwendeni
John Challis was present at Ekwendeni Hospital today as the 100th Raven Trust container arrived to be unloaded. It had set off from Strachur just under two months ago and was welcomed with great excitement as John explained the significance of this particular container to those around him. Just 58 days door to door! The…
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Smiles for Smileawi
Smileawi was set up as a Raven Trust project in October 2012 after Nigel and Vicky Milne, two dentists from Dunoon , went to Malawi with John Challis to assess the dental services available in northern Malawi, accompanied by Clyde, a teddy bear who helped to break the ice with many of their younger patients. Since that…
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Bon Voyage FCL 102
On a wet and windy 1st April, just after dawn, MSC Ishyka set off down the Clyde from Greenock carrying FCL 102 on the first leg of its sea voyage to Beira in Mozambique. From there the container will be carried onward by road to the Malawian Revenue Authority premises in Lilongwe in Malawi and eventually…