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from the Starfish UK & Malawi Teams.

Dear Friends and Supporters,

This month we are sharing some news about the container, our partnership with Aftrak, the forthcoming team trip to Malawi and the floods in Salima.

We value your support and thank you for being alongside us as we seek to show God’s love in action to those we work among.

Container

Our container is now on its way to Malawi.

This year we have again filled it to capacity with many, many items that will benefit the communities where we work. We have been given a huge quantity of school uniforms and clothes, knitted blankets, medical equipment, wheelchairs, stationery and much more.

We have been pleased that we have also been able to provide space for other charities to send supplies to Malawi. One of them, Footprints for Africa, have sent a lovely letter of appreciation which included the following words.

“Your willingness to provide space on the Starfish Malawi container so that we could transport stoma supplies to Malawi for our partner, Eles Stoma Care, will help ensure that these vital supplies reach the people who need them most.  

I was also very pleased that we could provide medical supplies for Salima Hospital and Hope Clinic in Ngolowindo, two facilities that play such an important role in the community.

It is incredibly encouraging to see how collaboration like this can support multiple organisations and ultimately help more patients.”

Aftrak

Aftrak tractor and trailer

This company has already helped us with the solar power installation for the maternity wing, but they have now supplied us with one of the first production solar powered tractors that they have developed for use in Africa.

We are so grateful to them for their help, assistance and support of our work. This tractor will bring a huge benefit to the communities where we work as it is small and versatile and has several attachments to aid deep bed farming, including a rotary plough which will cut through the hard pan of earth and a power ridger which cuts a trough for good drainage and makes ridges either side for planting. 

Aftrak have worked to a tight schedule to assemble the tractor and deliver it to us so that it could go on the container.

For more information about Aftrak please visit -https://www.aftrak.com/

Team trip to Malawi

22.4.2026 – 14.5.2026

When you read this the UK team will shortly be leaving for Malawi. 

There has been a lot of preparation for this, and we are still sorting some elements out. We will be visiting several schools to conduct live links with their UK linked schools. This is always an eyeopener for the students who are part of the link. 

Our schedule includes visits to the 4 Glad Tidings nurseries, GTOC Saturday Club, Hope Clinic and maternity, Community Feeding programme, Cherish and Courage groups, Christian resources library and the Pastors who use them.

We will also spend time with the Malawi staff team and have a meeting with all the secondary school sponsored students. We have representatives of Michael Jackson’s Legacy with us, and they will distribute hundreds of “Heel the World” shoes to children. These are special shoes that expand as feet grow. 

We hope that during our visit, the official opening of the maternity wing will take place. We would value your prayers for this trip..

Easter Appeal 2026 

Salima Floods Appeal

Although the rains have lessened and the water levels are reducing; this is revealing the damage that has been caused to many houses and livelihoods in Ngolowindo and surrounding areas.

We launched our appeal recently and hopefully you would have seen it. There is such a need to help those affected by the flooding. 

If you are able to share this with others, we would be so grateful.

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Website

Our website is full of information about our projects and much more.

Please spend some time having a look at all the pages, you will be able to get a much better idea of what we are doing to make a real difference to the children, their families and communities.

www.starfishmalawi.com 

"Together, we are making a world of difference, one life at a time."

Mission Direct Video

We have created a video for volunteers to share their trip and their churches with family and friends.

Watch the Video below

The recent clothes distribution.

This was from the second container donated by Barnabas Aid.

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