The Dalitso Project
January 2019
1/14/2019
January is Pants! January is such an odd month of the year. There is the high of the New Year followed by the come down of going back to work in the dark and coming home in the dark. The weather is cold and the motivation low! - I think it’s fair to say that for most of us January is pants! But here at the Dalitso project, January literally is pants once again as we collect pants for our Ulemu project. Ulemu which means dignity in Chichewa is our ongoing sanitary products project. Just as in Scotland, issues have been identified with some young girls being unable to access sanitary products, in Malawi, few villagers can afford sanitary products. Our girls at both Thyolo and Kambilonjo have been making reusable ones and giving out packs with pants and soap to their classmates and even selling some at affordable prices in the community. We are so proud of the girls and the great work that they are doing at creating dignity whilst saving the planet! The container has also finally arrived! We are so thankful for its safe arrival although sad that despite its very early departure from Scotland, it made incredibly slow progress this year and didn’t make it in time for Christmas. This seems to be mostly because it was held back at customs in Mozambique. But, with a couple of days required to unpack it, we are hopeful that the children at the centres can get their Christmas party number 2 with gifts fairly soon! Thanks once again to everyone who has contributed to the container this year- it really does make a huge difference! All the children had a great time celebrating Christmas even without their gifts and it was especially exciting to see the photos from Kambilonjo where the almost finished Mary Spink Skills Centre was able to be used to allow all the many children to enjoy the Christmas party sheltered away from the heavy Christmas monsoon rains. At both Thyolo and Kambilonjo, the rains have started and have so far been the best rains in well over 5 years. Both sets of gardeners have however asked for prayer for continued good rains as the last few years of incredibly poor rains have had a devastating effect on the country as a whole. So far however, the maize is growing as it should and rising up strong and healthily. With very few sponsors ever likely to visit their sponsor child in person we thought that over the next few years we’d make a bit of an effort to do some sponsor child spotlight- giving you the opportunity to meet a sponsor child and check out their home, and even the view from their window! Meet Nelia Jamu, who is 8 and one of the standard 1 day-care pupils at Kambilonjo. She lives with her mother and 2 siblings. When I was In Kambilonjo in October, I took a wee visit to Nelia’s home on an incredibly hot day. Check out Nelia outside her home and the view she wakes up to every morning! In the background of Nelia’s home you can see her family’s goat! Once again thanks for all your support for all that the Dalitso Project aims to achieve in Malawi! Upcoming events are of course... 1. The Snowman Drive on Friday 18th December at 7.30pm in OBs on the Westport in Arbroath. 2. The AGM which will be held at OBs on the Westport in Arbroath on Friday 8th February at 7.30pm. 3. Followed by the annual Pamper Weekend from Saturday 9th –Sunday 10th February also at OBs in Arbroath. Becky.
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