Please click on a student name to read their reflective account of the trip to Malawi
Beth arranged a cake sale at her local church and raised £40 to support rural community projects in Malawi. She talks of her motivation to join the DASH to Malawi 2014 work experience trip and a skill she hopes to share:
This visit would allow me to learn from the people in Malawi and to appreciate their resourcefulness. I have achieved my black belt in Shotokan karate which may be interesting for the locals!
Bethany Doda (Dietetics student)
Beth enjoys the summer of 2014
Rob Poole looks forward to teaching schoolchildren in rural Malawi and having fun playing football with them. He describes his aspirations for the DASH to Malawi 2014 trip:
Experiencing the Malawian culture and their daily challenges will be inspiring and personally educational. I hope that the experience will allow me to have a greater impact on the children I go on to teach in my future career, and have UK schoolchildren recognise the privilege and power that their education affords them.
Robert Poole (Exercise, Nutrition & Health student)
Rob with the colourful footballs he is taking to Malawi
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I have raised over £300 by asking family and friends and by having a collection at my local mosque where I explained about my trip to Malawi and how the money raised will be spent to support children, schools and projects in Malawi.
A member of the community said “This project sounds amazing. Hope you raise a great amount” and the local Imam said “May God reward you in abundance for the fantastic work you are doing. I hope it’s a rewarding journey for you, spiritually and emotionally.”
Danish Javed (Biomedical Science student)
Jan is a star knitter! Here she sews up a knitted elephant
This summer Dr Jan Coveney is busy knitting small elephants, many of them! 
We will deliver them to the nursery when we visit this village on Lake Malawi in September 2014.
The young children are going to be enchanted by them!
I hope that many of you will be involved in fund raising or contributing in some way.
Do what you do best!
Pat Lund (p.lund@coventry.ac.uk)
Click below to find out more about this trip. Above is a view from the lodge where we will stay in Malawi.
Welcome to this blog showcasing student experiences on trips to Africa organised by DASH (Department of Applied Science & Health) to offer an international perspective to our students.
Only a few will be lucky enough to travel to Africa, but I hope you will all follow the updates on our projects there and be involved in supporting them.
Dr Pat Lund
DASH to Malawi 2014, 2015 and another planned for 2016
The first work experience trip for 12 students from our department (DASH) was in August-September 2014; 19 went on the second trip in 2015.
More information on the 2016 trip at
http://blogs.coventry.ac.uk/dash-to-africa/category/trips/dash-to-malawi-2016/