My amazing mummy and sister helped me clear out the storage room and we came across, LOADs of tennis balls and our baby clothing from when we was tiny! All in perfect condition! Which is something I will be taking with me. The tennis balls will be great fun for the kids to play with and that way I don’t have to throw them away (which I would hate to do) but are being utilised in an amazing cause. Now I have to look up some fun games which I could teach out in Malawi
My baby clothes from when i was tiny!
Thank you Mummy and sister for helping me find these to take to Malawi
-HP-
FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS
I spoke to many friends and family about me going out to Malawi, who thought all the projects were an amazing idea. Therefore I directed them to our online donation page where our goal is £5000, to aid us in completion of these projects. I was given some offline donations in cash, which I will be taking with me to see where I feel the need the money needs to go towards. (I have a personal project I would like to complete but I will update you on that if I do end up doing it)
One of the quartered baby rompers from Harlequins F C. Looks like we are going to have lots of young fans
Harlequins FC is a Rugby Union team based in Twickenham, at Twickenham stoop. I have been working here as a retail assistant/supervisor here since 2012 on match days, rugby festivals and weekends in opening the store. The store sells a range of products such as replica kits, supporters clothing, accessories and souvenirs. My manager donated baby wear for me to take with me, which I thought was amazing! We have a lot of baby wear always which doesn’t sell, so I was given all the ‘deadstock’ which is very cute!
Thank you soo much Harlequins F C for the donation of baby wear
Clothing donations! For one of the best teams, I would say… -HP-
I know for sure this is going to be an amazing
experience. I have completed charity work abroad before but each experience is
different to each other, all I can really say is..
Expect
the Unexpected
Ive received many
donations which I will post about, just want to say thank you soo much for
everyones contributions in what I've collect and what has been donated online!
Every penny will help create change
Today I got the email saying that I've been granted ethical approval to carry out borehole water monitoring that we had hoped to do during our time in Malawi - very exciting!
Building boreholes is hugely important for supplying villages in Malawi with water, but carrying out the testing that we plan to, will allow us to ensure that the water being used is free from contamination and safe to drink.
Looking forward to keeping everyone posted with our findings!
Only a couple of days to go before we all start travelling from our different corners of the UK to Heathrow airport.
Personally, I am even more excited than I was last year to travel to Africa, especially to show the new travellers from Coventry University how wonderful Malawi is.
Fundraising will play a huge part in the work that we do in Malawi this year. We have a number of projects that we are raising money for including:
Project My Girl
Albinism Awareness
Borehole Repairs
Flood Relief
Education
All of these projects are fantastic and are very deserving of the money. We have almost reached half of our £5,000 target and any help in hitting our target would be greatly appreciated!
During our trip to Malawi, we spent several days at Mangochi which is a village on Lake Malawi where we stayed at Nanchengwa Lodge, right on the shore of Lake Malawi.
Nanchengwa Lodge
We went on a boat trip on and saw Bird Island which has over 150 different types of bird living on it and we went for a swim in the lake. You can see all of the tiny fish in the lake and they nibble on your feet.
Bird Island
We spent time at the local nursery which is run by Packson and Janepher. We took toys, colouring books and pencils for the children. We played games with the children, did some colouring with their new colouring books and pencils and helped to prepare their Phala.
The children eating their Phala
Some of the children at the nursery playing with a rugby ball
We also enjoyed a Nyau dance and all of the villagers came to watch. As soon as the drums started playing, everybody came running in to the centre of the village to watch the dancers. Nyau dancers depict different people and take on the 'spirit' of their mask.
