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March 2025 Newsletter - Highlights - Click here

from the Starfish UK & Malawi Teams.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

This month we are sharing some news about our work in UK schools linked with primary schools in Malawi as we are seeking to enhance the awareness of cross cultural education.

We also highlight our next container and what is needed to collect to help those in Malawi. We have been touched again this year by the plight of so many families in the communities where we work during the “Hungry months” and you will see news of our relief cash distribution.

Lastly we look forward to sharing with you stories from the projects during Emmanuel, Chris and Peter’s trip to Malawi this year.

Schools Linking Supporting Education

One way that we support education in Malawi is by linking schools.

We share with the schools around the areas of global citizenship and will talk to the children about things like games, storytelling and much else.

Chris recently visited Frewen College in Northiam, East Sussex (linked with Chitiwiri) and showed them some home-made toys from Malawi.

We have about 20 active school links. When Chris and Peter go to Malawi at the end of this month they will visit many of these. Education is a big part of Starfish activities.

2025 Container

We are planning to send the next container at the end of May. We have been able to negotiate a discount and the rate this year is £195 per cubic metre.

The drop off point will be the same as last year in Maidstone. At this stage we are simply asking whether there are supporters/ charities working in Malawi who may wish to use our container and for you to provide a rough estimate of the amount of space you need (to be firmed up in May). Contact chrisknott@starfishmalawi.com

We are also currently needing a whole raft of items for our various projects as you can see below.

Click here to download the flyer

Malawi Trip 2025

The itinerary for the trip is now completed. Emmanuel, Chris and Peter will soon be in Malawi to visit many of the projects and schools and have meetings with staff, community heads, chiefs and local authority heads.

Peter will again be making videos about the work on the projects and these will be put onto the website during the trip.

Please take a few minutes with a coffee to view these, when available, as they will give you insight into the work. Nikkie will let you when they are ready to view!

If you would like to revisit last year’s trip:

Click here to view

Relief Cash Distribution

The Relief Cash distribution exercise is done annually by Starfish in Salima to show God’s love and compassion to his people.

The target beneficiaries of the programme are the vulnerable and neediest among the population within the area where Starfish works.

This year Starfish through the relief cash distribution programme, has assisted 240 families in the Ngolowindo catchment area and beyond.

Please view the full report with photos at this link:

Click here to read

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