Dunblane Likhubula Partnership

The partnership has supported the efforts of the Bridge of Allan and Dunblane Rotary Club in funding the training of midwifes in Malawi as part of the Freedom from Fistula charity. This funding has been matched several times through the Rotary and approval for project funding of £125,000 has recently been announced! In addition, the Gates Foundation have recently confirmed their support to the initiative to construct 'waiting shelters' allowing pregnant women to arrive at the hospital a few weeks before their due date. These shelters will also play a huge part in reducing the occurence of fistula We believe these are fantastic projects to be involved with! Find out more on our "Health Projec

During our recent visit, we had the honour of visiting the Mary's Meals feeding programme at Nansato Primary School. Established over eight years ago, the programme continues to feed children a simple meal of likuni phala (porridge) each day. Mary’s Meals is initially organised by the school’s head teacher, who then meets with the school’s committee and people from the surrounding neighbourhood. A team of volunteers are then drawn from the local community. They are split up into teams and each team takes a slot in the rota to cook the school meals. In Nansato, many of the volunteers are parents of the children at the school. Volunteers often arrive at the school as early as 5am to fetch wat

The Partnership would like to thank Bennetts of Dunblane for their generous sponsorship over recent years. From donations of raffle prizes and meat products to support catered events to jute carrier bags, Bennetts have kindly supported the endeavours of the Partnership. During the recent visit to Likhubula, Bennetts bags featured proudly during local walks and were well received as gifts of friendship. Thank you Bennetts!! #admin #friendship #photo

Do you fancy watching the Bridge of Allan bonfire night fireworks display from Easter Cornton road? The view across the fields is great and every year a sizeable crowd gathers. This year, Jenni Barr will be serving slow cooked pork in rolls followed by fruit crumble from the wood burning oven in her garden, donations to Dunblane Likhubula Link. Park somewhere after the Birds and Bees and look for the candles hanging on her fence as Easter Cornton Rd narrows to a track. She has donations of pork from Bennets of Dunblane to be marinated in apple and walnut dressing from Summer Harvest (another local business). An experience not to be missed! #admin #photo

Reasons for the recent silence from Mvano were today explained. Stella - their communications link person - has been in hospital with Malaria. She writes that she is recovered and it is great to be back in contact. We are very pleased to have communication back up and running again, and that Stella has recovered well. #mvano #photo #friendship

On 14th October the Dunblane Cathedral Guild held their inaugural meeting and "Getting to Know You" afternoon, and one priority was to receive an update on the link between Guild and Mvano. Jenni Barr was invited along to give an update to members of the Guild following the partnership visit in the summer. Letters sent by Mvano this summer were on display, and Jenni circulated photos, presented a report of the recent visit and led a discussion with Guild members, answering their questions wherever she could. The relationship between Guild and Mvano is ongoing and we are hopeful that a new email address for Mvano will open the way for more regular communications. The Guild also has a new re

We have received an e-mail confirming the selection process for the 5 new Dunblane Bursars starting this year is complete! A shortlist was drawn up based on specific criteria, and then those on the short list were invited to sit a special exam and interview to be chosen. The e-mail read: After the entrance tests results, the committee together with Mr. Nyambalo selected the successful students depending on their performance. We will send you detailed information of the new bursars later. We will be sending their photos while in school uniform. On 27th September, 10 students* accompanied by 5 committee members for shopping of stationery (exercise books, pens, mathematical instruments, scienti