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.

This month, Malawi has experienced one of the strongest - and longest-lasting - storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere. For those of you who have asked, we have included details of how you can support the families in need at the bottom of this article.