Dunblane Likhubula Partnership

We are delighted to be able to share that the housing project has been complete. This has been a very difficult project and thanks must go to the Likhubula Steering committee who oversaw the final stages of work by a local builder to ensure its completion. 6 houses have been constructed - one in each village - and so 6 very worthy families will now have somewhere safe and dry to live. Beneficiaries are now living in the new houses, and a formal "handing over ceremony" is bein

We have received video updates on the progress of the house building. After some delay in getting it online, we’re happy to share it with you. You can watch the whole video here Excerpts with those who will benefit from the houses speaking can be seen here; in Chichewa but with English subtitles! Thanks to Will, a local supporter of our Partnership who was in the area with work, for providing the video. Thanks also to all those who agreed to be filmed, and to Nat for his tran

We are pleased to hear of progress on the House Building project. We are receiving updates and photos from the Likhubula Steering Committee, Philip (the Malawian engineer overseeing the project), and from a visitor from Scotland who stopped by whilst in Malawi on business. Progress is variable between villages, as work is dependent on volunteers in the community supporting paid builders. We hope to share more updates as they become available. We are assured that the project c

We were delighted to hear of the selection of the 6 families chosen to benefit from the new houses. 6 new houses are being built in the Likhubula area through funding we obtained from the Beit Trust through the Scotland Malawi Partnership following the devastation caused by flooding earlier this year. The meeting for the selection of beneficiaries took place in July at Nansato Primary school, and was attended by 25 people, including all 6 village chiefs from the surrounding a

​ We are thrilled to announce that we have been successful in our bid for £3000 to rebuild houses damaged in the flooding earlier this year. The Beit trust, through the Scotland Malawi Partnership, has donated £20000 to support flood recovery and rehabilitation in Malawi. On the request of our committee in Likhubula, and with the advice of a Malawian engineer, we successfully bid for £3000 to allow for the reconstruction of 6 houses which were destroyed by the terrible floodi