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| December 2010 |
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Earlier this month, two very generous donations were made from Eileen O’Connor and Carol Wynn-Jones which they gave two help complete the second classroom. The classroom was finished this month, and now another 130 children will move from their make-shift classroom outdoors to the new one indoors.
A massive thank you goes to the staff and children at Rosary Catholic School and St. James Primary School, and to Eileen O’Connor and Carol Wynn-Jones.
The donations from the two schools will go towards providing desks for the new classroom. |
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Children from the St. James’ Church of England Primary School in Harlow also organised two fundraising events in aid of the Mbabzi Schools Project: the children put on a production called ‘Children of the World’, while the staff prepared a Christmas breakfast for the school. The money is still being counted – we will let you know how much was raised in the next newsletter. |
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Over the last three months the local Mbabzi community has raised enough money to repair all the doors on the old classrooms, repaint all the classroom walls and replace the glass windows with breeze blocks – a more sustainable alternative to glass. |
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| August 2010 |
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August saw the passing of the £10,000 mark in funds raised (that’s over two million Malawi Kwacha!). More... |
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Two volunteers from England, Oliver Ilott and Emily Hickson, came to volunteer at Mbabzi School for two weeks.
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| May 2010 |
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Earlier this year, Alistair Weeks took part in the Bristol 10k Run. In total he raised over £300 and completed the race in 1 hour 2 minutes and 56 seconds! |
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| April 2010 |
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In April Alex Barron visited Rosary Catholic School to make a presentation to the Year 5 class who take part in the penpal exchange programme with children at Mbabzi School. This is what Alex had to say about the visit:
‘Rosary Catholic school is a big supporter of the MSP. It was great to finally meet some of the staff and pupils who have done a lot of fundraising, and to be able to show them what projects their funds have gone towards.’ |
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| March 2010 |
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The International Women’s Association of Malawi, IWAM, are providing porridge to the Apatsa Nursery School. Other donations have paid for the cooking materials and a cooking shack to be built. This means that the nursery children will no longer go hungry while at nursery. |
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| February 2010 |
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In February, the Malawi National Library Services launched a mother-child reading club at the Mbabzi School library
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We formed a new penpal exchange programme between the Standard 4 and 5 of children Mbabzi School and the Year 5 children at St James Church of England Primary School in Harlow.
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Shoprite, one of the main supermarkets in Malawi, donated towards the Mbabzi Schools Project award system. To go with the certificates, which are awarded at the end of each term to the top boy and girl in each class, Shoprite donated a year supply of pens, pencils, rulers and hats. |
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We acheived a second sponsorship enabling Esnat Matenje to attend a secondary school. More... |
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| January 2010 |
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Saleeph Henderson, who finished his secondary school scholarship in 2009, passed his exams and was enrolled in the MacMaine School of Computing studying for a Certificate in Business Studies and Internet Technology. More... |
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Work begins on the second classroom
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| December 2009 |
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The first new classroom was completed and officially opened on Monday the 14th of December. More...
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As of September 2009, the Project has developed into the Mbabzi Schools Project - with an 's' after school - as we decided to officially extend our work to incorporate two other schools in the area – the Lingadzi Primary School, and the Apatsa Nursery School.
Including these two schools in our programs and projects has widened both the number of children we will be supporting, from 1,300 to over 1,700, as well as the ages of children – which will now be from 2 years through to 18 years old. |
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| November 2009 |
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We targetted to have two new classrooms built and finished by December 2009. We needed approximately £3,200 to complete the project
- Total raised so far: £2,400
- Amount still needed: £800
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In November 2009 we launched our new and improved official Mbabzi Schools Project website. |
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| October 2009 |
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To involve the children in the new website, we organised an art competition whereby the children drew pictures of how they viewed their school and the Mbabzi Schools Project
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| August 2009 |
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Mbabzi School had two visits in August. The first was from the Sport Malawi team, students from the University of Gloucester. They spent the day with the children, doing various activities. They also donated a sports bag filled with footballs, sports uniforms, practice cones, a football pump and pencils. The second visit was by two volunteers from Bristol who ran this year’s Activity Week.
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| April 2009 |
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The School Library has had two extra rooms added to it, adding to the previous three rooms. It has been equipped with desks, chairs, bookshelves, and yet more books.
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