The Malawi Project

                    
 What is the Malawi Project?

Every year, the college takes a

group of 16-18 students to
Blantyre, Malawi

The aim of the trip is to for

LSFC students to experience
Life and culture in a third world
country, and to give support
and aid.

          
Where is Malawi?

 
 
           
 
 
About Malawi – The warm heart of Africa

• Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa. It is

bordered by Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique.

• It is the third poorest country in the world.

• Its capital is Lilongwe, which is also Malawi's largest city; the

second largest is Blantyre- this is where we stay

• Malawi is one of the world's worst-hit by HIV-Aids and home

to more than one million children orphaned by the disease.
 
 
           
 
 
About Malawi
• Malawi has a low life expectancy and
high infant mortality.
• The high prevalence of HIV/AIDS is a
drain on the labour force and
government expenditures.
• There is a diverse population of native
peoples, with several languages
spoken and an array of religious
beliefs (Christianity and Islam being
most common)
• The people are some of the friendliest
you will ever meet!  
 
           
 
 
About Malawi

Malawi is among the world's least-developed countries. The

economy is heavily based in agriculture, with a largely rural
population.
English has to be learnt for children to take exams, so poor
English is a barrier to progression and can lead to life in poverty.

 
 
           
 
 
The Challenge

To work together across all subjects and areas of the college to

make a difference to the lives of children in the city of Blantyre in
Malawi.
What could you do?

 
 
           
 
 
What we currently have in place

Two partner schools: Henry Henderson Institute (HHI),

a mixed primary school

 
 
           
 
 
What we currently have in place

Blantyre Girls’ School

 
 
           
 
 
What we currently have in place

A partnership with two orphanages for street children:

STEKA and Yamikani

 
 
           
 
 
This is Patrick who lives at STEKA. He
was found abandoned in a bin.

 
 
           
 
 
 Little friends at STEKA

 
 
           
 
 
We take clothes, games and books

         
We visit an irrigation project and
donate money for fertiliser and seed

 
 
         
 
 
 
We visit various
departments at the
Queen Elizabeth
Hospital.

We are currently
sponsoring two nurses
through th.eir training

 
 
         
 
 
 
We see some wildlife on a safari!

 
 
           
 
 
We worked hard, too! Here we decorated a study centre for HHI
school

 
 
           
 
 
  
 
           
 
 
 2019 – the costs

• £1450 to be paid between October 2018 and May 2019. This
will be in monthly instalments. This covers all travel,
accommodation, visa, food, water, and safari activities.
• You need to commit to fundraising activities in college 
throughout the year.
• The trip will take place after A level exams June/July 2019 
for two weeks.

 
 
           
 
 
2019 – Students- How to apply

Write a letter of application of 500 words explaining:

• why you would like to go on the trip;

• what skills you have that will benefit the group; and
• how you will fund raise for the cost of the trip.

• Email to kmm@lutonsfc.ac.uk
• Deadline: Monday 8th October