Dunblane Likhubula Partnership

You may remember that late last year we repeated the fertiliser distribution to support those in the community who would benefit most to grow successful crops. The Likhubula committee have sent some photos showing great progress of crops so far, along with the following message: "Dearest friends, We are glad to let you know that the maize crop is promising this year. We hope people will have better harvest. The fertilizer donated helped the community a lot. See the photos attached. We will keep you updated. Likhubula Dunblane Steering Committee." We look forward to hearing more updates, and hope for a very successful harvest. You can see more photos here #friendship #photo

One of the great new additions to the Bursary programme this session is a food parcel for each Bursar in January - often the time of the year when food can be in shortest supply. The forward thinking Likhubula committee bought this in advance before food prices drastically increased and have stored these until now when they expected it to be most useful. A ceremony with Bursars, their families and the Likhubula committee was held to ensure transparency and to celebrate the partnership enabling this to happen. Having enough to eat is important for Bursars to perform to the best of their abilities in school - we hope the inclusion of a food parcel will make a difference and allow Bursars to do

As has become traditional, at the end of the year all those involved directly with the partnership in Likhubula gather together for a Christmas party. This was attended by Steering Committee members, Bursars, Village Chiefs, head teachers of the schools involved with the Bursary scheme and other invited guests. This is a great opportunity to celebrate the work of the Partnership over a meal and to share stories and encouragement. The Likhubula steering committee have shared a number of great photos, as well as sending us the following message: "Dearest Friends, We had a very successful Christmas party such that most invited guests attended except few. We were glad that Headteachers from Ch

When we visited Likhubula last summer, a number of future partnership projects were discussed. One suggestion was to support the provision of water to Nakhonyo village - one of the villages which make up Likhubula. Many years ago we had supported with the provision of water pumps in other areas of the community such as at Nansato Primary school. Water is such a valuable resource and clean water can make a huge difference to health. The Likhubula steering committee came back with a quote and confirmation that the necessary permissions had been obtained to carry out the work. We were delighted to support. On completion, the Likhubula committee shared a number of photos of the construction, the