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Peter Bell, Head of Fundraising & Marketing ”
July 2025 Newsletter - Highlights - Click here
from the Starfish UK & Malawi Teams.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Welcome to our newsletter for July.
While we are all enjoying the sunshine this Summer, we want to tell you some great news about our team and our schools work in Malawi.
Tristan Jones
He has joined our UK team as our new Schools Linking Co-ordinator.
He will be going into the UK linked schools and promoting the benefits of linking to Malawi schools, taking classes and assemblies, helping with live links between schools and building relationships with the teachers.
We welcome Tristan to the team.
For more information about our schools’ work, please visit Click here
Sunflower competition
For the last few weeks schools in Malawi and UK have been growing sunflowers from seed. This has been part of building the links between schools.
The schools are sending in photos of the flowers as they grow and on 21st July the final photos will be sent to the UK and the school whose flowers are deemed the tallest will receive a prize.
This has been a great project for the schools to be involved in as it has brought joy and excitement to the children as they have watched their flowers grow and kept them watered and tended.
We will bring you the winners in our August newsletter, but here are some photos over recent weeks.
International Schools Award
We are excited to share that Salima Education Office has approved our International Learning Programme! As part of this initiative, Starfish will share the award Certificate with Malawian schools by hand.
This programme will promote education in Malawi and UK through interaction between Schools.
The Starfish award for Malawian schools has the following key benefits:
The students will develop:
an increased knowledge, awareness and tolerance about their countries, cultures and language.
an improvement in literacy skills when communicating with each other.
an extra dimension to student learning, which other schools may not offer.
growing links to exchange, knowledge and skills
global friendship, citizenship and perspective.
critical thinking.
UK schools are encouraged to apply for the UK International Schools Award via the British Council.
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We really hope that this award programme will enhance the links between schools and strengthen the education of the children.
Building our supporter base
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Thank you!
Forthcoming events
We are exhibiting at this exhibition and would love many of you to be there, not only to visit our stand but to see all the other stands and seminars. It is a marvellous event with much to see.
For your free ticket follow the instructions below
Beckenham Concert Band Christmas Concert in aid of Starfish Malawi 6th December 2025
Please put this date in your diary. We are again being given the opportunity to raise funds from another concert performed by this band. The venue is Unity Church, Rye Crescent, Orpington, Kent. BR5 4NH.
Tickets £15 paid at the door.
To reserve a ticket please contact admin@starfishmalawi.com
Starfish Annual Dinner 2025
We are returning to Frederic’s Bistro in Maidstone for our dinner event this year.
Please save the date of 7th October 2025 (TBC).
More details and menu choices will be available in due course.
"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.
““Malawi needs support and our prayers as they face this uncertain and worrying situation””
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