Asha Malla records a snapshot of key moments during the 2014 trip: playing with children, camping in a game park, climbing Mount Mulanje, visiting a lake side village and ending with women in a village singing to thank the team for helping to fix their borehole so they had access to clean water again.
The head of DASH, Ann Green, hosted an evening event at Square One in Coventry to showcase the experiences and activities of the pioneer group of 12 students who went to Malawi in 2014.
Tom and Kieron perform
Ann Green introduces our internationalisation trip to Malawi
Students prepare to perform; Pat (organiser) is amused; Ann (Head of DASH) looks worried
Liz performs
Click on this link for details of the second student trip to Malawi:
Reading with children
Visit to Mpemba Library in 2014
Dr Pat Lund outlines the fund raising initiative to support community projects in Malawi.
Dr Pat Lund outlines a few of the varied cultural experiences on the 2014 trip to Malawi
The first work experience trip (August/September 2014) was to the central African country of Malawi where students stayed in two rural lodges, one on the shores of Lake Malawi.
Malawi Visit 2014 – What will Students be doing?
Malawi Visit 2014 – Toys for the Local Children
Malawi Visit 2014 – Dietetics students interested in Diet & Nutrition
Malawi Visit 2014 – What Can You Do?
We visited the mosque when the Madrassa was in full swing.
Danish, a student member who was very active in raising funds from his community in Birmingham, made a donation which the mosque has used to build a large shelter outside so that all the villagers can now attend Friday prayers under cover.
The Iman welcomes the group to the mosque
Students reading to young pupils at Mpemba Library, one of the projects supported by Fisherman’s Rest, the lodge where we stayed in Malawi. This helped the children improve their English language skills and was fun for all!
Before our work experience visit to Malawi students raised funds to support projects in the villages where we stayed. One was a nursery on Lake Malawi, run by Janepher and Packson.
Janepher (left) and the women of the village collect water for the nursery
Water is collected from the lake and boiled before drinking
They e.mailed to thank the group for their support:
We’d like to express our profound thanks and gratitude for your recent visit to Malawi and especially to our school at Mdalachikowa. We felt greatly honored for your decision to visit our school among the so many schools. We really enjoyed the interaction with the team during the two planned days and the kids still have fresh memories of such a wonderful experience. We really appreciate your generous support to our school. Please convey our gratitude to each and everyone in the team with you, we love you people you’ve been so wonderful. May God richly bless you.
Regards, Packson & Janepher
We hope to raise funds to get piped water from the lake to the nursery.
This nursery teaches 157 children under five.
During our stay at Nanchengwa lodge at Lake Malawi we visited Mdalacikowa Nursery where we all donated some toys as they had nothing before we arrived. The children’s smiles lit up the room when we gave them each a toy to play with. We spent two mornings playing with the children, this was a lovely experience and really good fun. They sang twinkle twinkle little star to us in English and they loved playing clapping games. Beth Doda
Bryony with excited young children at the nursery