Mother Teresa Children’s Centre Newsletter

We were joined today by 5 willing volunteers from the Royal Bank of Scotland who are taking their corporate social responsibility seriously by releasing staff to volunteer for charities. By complete coincidence, today, we also received a container full of donated bikes from Halfords… 823 bikes in fact and only three hours to unload before…

Great news from the busy Beehive Construction Team, we have just received planning permission to add to the Beehive Campus with a brand new two floor building. For the past year the building team have been kept busy with completion of the football pitch, vital maintenance works across Chilomoni and converting containers for temporary facilities….

Every week for Beehive begins with assembly. It’s a time for the whole team to get together to think, reflect, pray, sing, and to share news. Each team takes a turn at leading assembly; everyone loves the sweet tones of the tailoring choir especially and it makes for an uplifting start to the week. During…

It’s hard to believe the Mother Teresa Children’s Centre only became fully operational this year. Centre Manager, volunteer Helen Chiula, shared an update with us. “More of the older children, known as  ‘Eagles’ have flown from the nest!  August 2013 saw 8 more MTCC children graduate to primary school.  Two have gone to Mchiru Private…

Last year we received thousands of donated children’s bicycles from Halfords. It’s easy to understand the value of adult bikes in Malawi; grown-ups need to get to work and transport goods. But we’re often asked, and we even question ourselves, about the value of children’s bikes. This story of Brian and David really brings home…

Staffordshire-based businesses have risen to the challenge of supporting the growing storage needs of Krizevac Project, with M.J. Barrett of Uttoxeter, providing a huge warehouse behind TESCO, rent free! Krizevac Project UK Coordinator, George Furnival, expressed gratitude to Andrew Hodgkinson, site Manager for M.J. Barrett. “With increasing donations of bikes and books, our Chairman’s sheep…