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Shonga Bridge
John has been working with the community at Shonga outside Ekwendeni to build a walkway bridge over a stream that floods to a great depth in the rainy season. The river, in the dry season, is only a few feet deep and can be crossed by a wooden walkway made of tree branches. In the…
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Progress on Water Projects
During his visit to Malawi in April and May, Kevin Bickerstaffe led a team of water engineers from the PHC department at Ekwendeni and Livingstonia hospitals repairing and maintaining shallow and borehole wells. They have also been erecting fencing around well heads to protect the well head from animal contamination. John Littlejohn was also in Malawi,…
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John Challis OBE
It was with the greatest of pleasure that we heard the announcement on Saturday that John Challis had been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. John has been Principal Trustee of the Raven Trust since its inception in 2000 and was sending parcels, part loads and then full containers to Malawi before that.…