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. 

  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.

It was great to receive news of Namalu from the Open Arms team. Its cle ar from the report that their reintegration strategy is progressing well and there is much we can do to support Namalu.

Each year, students on the annual school trip scale the heights of the majestic Mulanje Massif and witness for themselves the desperate consequences of deforestation in the region. For this reason, we are so pleased to support the MMCT's cedar restoration programme.

  It's time for the Zomba TREEZ community to count all the trees growing on the 30 hectare stretch of the South Western plain. And this year, the team has managed to protect a staggering 90,000 trees along with a further 20,000 planted in the local community. 

  We are pleased to report that the original netball court, completed in 2022 in Kaliyeka, has been restored to full working order. Between the baking sunshine and constant use, the court had picked up a few chips and cracks but thanks to our dream team led by Aaron Nyandeni Jere and Barry Turnbull, the court is as good as new.