Tag: sustainable project

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

No bees…yet

No bees in the new beehive…yet. Students have been to check the site where they placed their newly made hive.

Sarah’s blog 16/1/26

On Wednesday, a group of students went to look at the beehive they had built and placed in the local forest. Unfortunately, there were no bees…yet. They will check regularly. They will research if there is any more they can do to encourage bees to take up residence in their new hive.

We have received some funding so that more wood can be bought so students can make additional beehives. Thank you to the donors for supporting this project. If you would like to make a financial contribution to enable the students to make more beehives then please email contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com The aim is that, as well as learning new skills, the school can become more self-sufficient. Projects like this can bring in an income and give students skills to be more confident about their futures. All they need now is bees!

Thank you also to the teachers who have supported the students to research, design and build the beehive. There is so much learning involved in this project. It’s great to see the students gaining skills and becoming more confident. They will be learning business skills too as well as becoming better at carpentry and beekeeping.

So, despite there being no bees…yet, I hope you enjoy the photos and videos I was sent by the teacher this morning. Let’s hope it isn’t too long before bees move in. Thanks, Sarah x

The First Finished Beehive