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Five Little Pigs

Great news from Bright Futures Campus….five healthy piglets have arrived!

Sarah’s blog 3/8/26

Great news from Bright Futures Campus today and great excitement. One of the pigs has given birth to five healthy piglets. Who doesn’t like to look at photos and videos of new baby animals?

These are the first Bright Futures piglets to be born on campus. They give hope for a brighter future. Students learning how to look after the pigs as part of their agriculture course. By selling some of the pigs it will bring a good source of income enabling this to become a sustainable project.

Money has been sent to start building another pigsty. Thank you to everyone who has contributed towards this project. Should anyone wish to make a donation towards the pig project then you can email for bank details contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com . Or you can donate via the donation page on the website https://changinglivesmalawi.com/donations/ . Our fundraiser to buy extra food for the hundreds of malnourished children and to buy notebooks is still open. We’d love your help to provide for those most in need. gofund.me/48b11b1a1

You’ll see below the video that Liz and Levison made while during our recent trip to Malawi. The pigs and pigsty feature in the video. Whilst Levison had said there could be up to 8 or 9 piglets, he’s absolutely delighted that these five have arrived safely and the pig project is growing. In the video, he shows the maize that is being grown. What he doesn’t say is that, because of the huge numbers of children to feed, this maize will only be enough for two weeks. Then they will have to return to sourcing and buying in maize which is a huge job and cost.

But today is a celebration of five healthy piglets and the promise that hard work and some support to set up sustainable projects will enable the people of Ibuluma to have a brighter and better future. Thanks for reading and supporting, Sarah x

Three Little Pigs

We are very excited that the first three piglets have arrived as part of an income generating project. Another step towards sustainability and self-sufficiency.

Sarah’s blog 7/10/24

It’s very exciting! The first three little pigs have arrived (on a motorbike) as part of an income generating project. I do have a cartoon picture in my head of these piglets riding in on the motorbike…although what actually happened is that two people joined them. The pillion passenger – one of the teachers – was holding the piglets and it took two precarious journeys.

As well as future sustainability, this project will enable students in S2 at Bright Futures Secondary School to gain practical skills for their agricultural lessons. There is a module on keeping pigs, so all students will learn from this project.

The kraal for the piglets has been made of wood but the permanent pig pens will be made from bricks and concrete. Again, this will be more learning experiences for the students at Bright Futures Secondary School.

Hope you enjoy the photos and the video. Thank you so much to everyone who helped fund this project. We are very grateful and look forward to seeing more updates as this project grows.

If you’d like to help fund another income generating project then here is the link https://donorsee.com/project/24574?share=1 Thanks for reading and supporting us, Sarah x