During our visit to Thom's Colourful Classrooms in October, we learned of Thom's plans to build his own solar powered irrigation system to grow food for the school children. There are now nearly 200 children of nursery school age who depend on Thom's school to eat so we were only too pleased to help him with the costs.  This week, we we were so pleased to learn Thom's plan is taking shape at pace! Thank you for your kind message I'm always grateful to hear from you 😊   We are all doing just fine And our school garden has just begun.We have planted some maize as we are in rain season.  Many thanks to GWC for the support 🙏 May God bless you all 🙌 .  We managed to purchase a tank and pump and installation is in process. We hope to make it ready by the end of the rain season.  I have just realized that a fence wire is also needed in order to protect our pipes from being vandalized and our plants from being damaged by cows, goats and chickens. And  asking if anyone

Following the success of Netball for All's court at Kaliyeka Primary School, we are helping to fund a second court at Ching'ombe Primary School. Scarcely a year has passed since the Mayor of Lilongwe officially opened the netball court . It has since then enjoyed constant use - with school girls from the community and many of the national netball teams . Many girls have remained in school longer than they might simply so that they can continue to play for the school netball team. This is why we were delighted to support Netball for All's proposal to build a second court at Ching'ombe. And why Aaron , pictured above signing the build contract, has once again assumed the role of project manager to deliver this much needed community facility. Good luck, Aaron! You can follow the court's progress on Netball for All .

  Thank you to everyone who supported the Watson's Malawi plant sale. Together, we raised over £600 - every penny of which will be given to our partners in Malawi. A very special thank you to Merchiston Tennis Club who allowed us to host our event on their premises and even provided coffee and buns for the occasion. And to Pauline for all her beautiful annuals, in full bloom, and to Veronica for her highly sought-after marmelade! If you would like to get involved with next year's sale, please don't hesitate to get in touch  here >>. . We'll take anything you think would grow well and look nice in a friend's garden - rooted cuttings, established splits, settled seedlings or whatever lovelies you have too many of! We expect the next sale to take place at a similar time, around early June, somewhere near the school. All suggestions welcome! For more information, visit our website here >>

  Retired midwife, Joan Pears, was so moved by her recent visit to Achikondi Clinic that she felt compelled to help fellow midwife and clinic founder, Charity Salima (pictured here with Sally). On her return, she created an appeal through Watson’s Malawi Partnership and raised £1,300 to help Charity meet her growing staff costs.

In March, the Scotland Malawi Partnership hosted its annual Youth Festival, encouraging its youngers members to reflect on their relationship with Malawi and consider what Global Citizenship means to them. The SMP believes school partnerships can have a profoundly beneficial impact for young people in both countries, widening perspectives and developing life-long skills. Millie Crowe was with a number of our students who visited Malawi last year and took part in the Youth Festival. A highlight was talking Princess Anne through a poster they had designed to promote the power of partnership between our two nations, as she explains in her article for George Watson's College : The Scotland Malawi Partnership is an incredible initiative which raises awareness and encourages support to reduce poverty in Malawi. This year, I was fortunate enough to visit the country and engage with our partner schools which proved to be an enlightening and poignant experience. Our time at MCV Secondary Sc

Every Easter, Sally takes a group of adults to Malawi to meet our partners and experience their work alleviating poverty among young people in the region.  This year, it was the turn of Veronica, Viv and Joan and nothing could prepare them for the brute devastation of tropical cyclone Freddy, one of the worst storms to hit the southern hemisphere.