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Playtime at Colourful Classrooms

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Tom's new school vegetable garden is such a success he's building a new wall to protect the produce.  He's also taking the opportunity to improve the playground and freshen up the walls at Colourful Classrooms Nursery School in Mangochi. Looks like everyone wants to help out!   Despite all the work going on around them, the children clearly love getting involved, learning and playing as they go!   See their progress for yourselves in this short  video clip!

Looking back on the trip of a life-time: the October trip to Malawi by Fern Graham

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In October 2024, the 10th Malawi trip set off on the 18,000 mile round trip to the ā€˜warm heart of Africaā€™.  Fern Graham, one of the students, captures some of the highlights of the trip for us.

Shooting for dentistry

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Sarah graduated top of her class and now she's hoping to go to dentistry school. But if it wasn't for sport, she might not have been able to sit her secondary school exams.

Building work completed on Charity's new lab

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Just one year on and the building for Charity's new lab is standing tall. Join us here for a virtual tour!

Celebrating the 10th school trip to Malawi

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  This year, we celebrated taking our tenth school trip to Malawi.  We have now taken 320 pupils, 22 members of staff and another 24 friends of Watson's Malawi Partnership to see this beautiful country and experience first-hand, the warm heart of Africa.

Festival of Tennis at Merchiston Tennis Club

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Merchiston Tennis Club is holding a Festival of Tennis for the local community on Sunday, 1 September, 10am to 4pm and would love your support. 

Breaking ground on Charity's new lab

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  The fo undations are finally underway for Achikondi Clinic's new blood laboratory.  The lab will be used to run routine screening blood tests for malaria and other conditions that would benefit from early intervention and treatment.