Sarah’s blog 25/8/25
Another first for the vulnerable children and young people we help to support in rural Chitipa District. Last week some of them learned to play cricket for the first time! It looked like they all had a great time as they love playing team sports. Also, they enjoy people coming to spend time with them and teaching them. Until a few years ago, these children had felt invisible and had no hope of a brighter future.
One of our friends, Andrew Bottomer, whose organisation is ‘Community Sports Leaders Africa’ has been in Malawi this summer. He and his supporters had collected lots of sports equipment for the various activity sessions he planned to coach.
We were delighted when Andy asked if he could visit Bright Futures Campus and teach some of the adults and young people how to play cricket. Of course, the young people were delighted that someone new was coming to visit and they would be learning a new team sport!
Levison and team enjoyed Andy’s visit and looked after him during the couple of days he was there and Andy was amazed at how Bright Futures Secondary School is growing so much. Hopefully, Andy will return again during his next trip. He will be very welcome and has made lots of new friends. Thank you so much, Andy, for sharing your time and talents and for introducing cricket at Bright Futures Campus! Thank you also to the teachers who took part and were able to send these great photos and videos. Hope you all enjoy a snapshot of the cricket camp, Sarah x
