A very, very long journey but we are here and happy. We slept well last night!
Absolutely delighted and overwhelmed to finally meet Levison… that was a very special moment.
We met up with three friends last night for dinner and are very grateful that they came to see us and spend time with us. Jack, Kondwani & Blessings were great fun and also care deeply about the projects they run so we had lots of good conversations.
We were so delighted when we opened gifts from Jack… wrappers that the ladies wear! Such a thoughtful gift, thanks again Jack!
Would you like to help us buy more food, soap & notebooks for children living in extreme poverty?
This is such a tranquil place to relax and eat breakfast before heading to our next destination.
Will write more later but on our travels to our next destination!
Thanks for supporting us to help the children, Sarah & Liz x
Ps if you’d like to make a donation to help us buy food, soap and notebooks for vulnerable children… here is the link. https://gofund.me/cd4ba0558 thank you!
Join us for an incredible journey to Malawi! Packing for this adventure has been a challenge in itself, but we’re almost ready to make a difference. Thank you for your incredible support! #MalawiJourney #GivingBack #kindnessmatters
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Sarah’s blog 17/5/26
We can’t believe how quickly the last part of the countdown to our first visit to Malawi is going! Only 3 sleeps to go….
The bags have been packed, unpacked, repacked, things set aside to go on the next container as there’s not enough room…. This is certainly the most complicated packing for a trip I’ve ever done!
It’s going to be very surreal as we’ve been looking forward to this trip for so long… but it’s finally here.
Like the famous film title ‘planes, trains & automobiles’, our trip is going to be ‘automobile, train, plane, plane, automobile, plane, plane, train, automobile.’
That is a lot of travelling! We will hopefully be able to post updates on Facebook, instagram and do some blogs too. Please do join us in following our journey as we meet the people whom we have been supporting and working in partnership with for the past few years.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us with words of encouragement and kindness. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our fundraising. Our aim is to be able to provide more food to malnourished children while we are in Malawi, buy at least 1.000 bars of soap and buy notebooks for students. The more donations we receive, the more we can do to help.
When people cannot even afford to feed their families every day, they certainly don’t have money for soap and notebooks. Will you help us please? Together we can make a difference!
Lots of photos and videos will be taken and posted and hopefully some good insights into what is working well and what we can do to improve other projects.
Many thanks again for your support for the hundreds of children who live in extreme poverty, Sarah x
It’s less than 6 weeks until Liz and Sarah head to Malawi…. still lots of planning to do and vaccinations to get.
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Sarah’s blog 9/4/26
Liz and Sarah’s trip to Malawi isn’t far away! Liz, who is another trustee of Changing Lives Malawi, and myself are counting down now to our two week trip to Malawi. It’s just over 5 weeks time until we set off and it’s all starting to feel very real.
I’ve had my second lot of injections today, Liz has had her first today. We are both going for yellow fever injections on Saturday…not really a fun day out in Stirling…but you have to have a vaccination certificate to show to enter Malawi.
I have been collecting supplies for the new nursery classroom and Liz has been on a camera course and we have our train tickets and flights all booked.
We will hopefully be able to blog from Malawi and take lots of photos and videos at Bright Futures Nursery and Secondary School to share with you. Meeting the people we have been helping to support is what I am most looking forward to.
We have paid for our own train tickets, flights, vaccines, travel insurance, visas etc… but we would like to be able gift a bar of soap to each young person at the nursery, secondary school and feeding programme. Also, we would like to be able to provide bars of soap for each new mother at Chambo Health Centre.
This will be approx 1,000 bars of soap at approx 30p-40p per bar. So that is at least £300. Costs have risen hugely in Malawi and none of the families we help to support can afford to buy soap…they are living in extreme poverty and struggling to buy food every day.
You can click on the link to our fundraiser https://gofund.me/e2cc483aa to find out what other projects we are trying to raise funds for….any small donations will be very gratefully received. Or you can donate via our website or email for bank details contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com .
Today, a villager called Mzolewa, came to help at The Foundation. The significance of people volunteering to help is huge. Local people can see that Levison and his team are working hard and making a difference to their village and to their children. A villager coming to help shows they support The Foundation. A villager coming to help means they see that good is happening in that area and that everyone will benefit in the future.
Mzolewa helped to prepare an area for planting flowers and was staking tree saplings to protect them and help them grow. Thank you to Mzolewa and to everyone else who shows support to Levison and his team who are working long hours to change the lives of hundreds of the most vulnerable children. Your support means more than you realise. Your support brings a boost and a little bit more energy to continue supporting the most vulnerable who need a helping hand. Thank you for your support and thank you for reading, Sarah x
A villager volunteering at The FoundationA volunteer from the village helps make a flower bed at The Foundation
