We have a new website and hope you like it. We’ve tried to keep all the good things about the old site but to make it easier to navigate. Please get in touch with any problems you spot or any suggestions you have. Thanks for visiting!
A donor’s feedback
We were delighted to receive an unsolicited donation recently and particularly thrilled to get this comment from the donor as to why our charity was chosen:
“Your appeal is that you are focused; know your area, partners and client group well; have a small but committed group of supporters; and, most importantly, will have a long term impact through the education of girls. Not a difficult choice to make!”
Apart from specific grants, our work in Malawi is funded by individual donors. Thanks to that donor and all the others who keep us going, particularly regular donors, no matter how small the amount you give. You can donate in various ways and we are now registered with Virgin Money Giving as BTMyDonate is closing soon.
Cyclone Idai
We know that many of our supporters and donors are horrified by the effects of the cyclone on southern Africa. Here is a link to the Disasters Emergency Committee fund.
Mamie Martin cotton bags
You might remember the red ones from a few years back. We now have cotton ones and they’re a handy size for many things, including water and bananas when in Malawi but also folders and papers or as gift bags at birthdays or Christmas. Mercy has a supply of them in Malawi and they are in use by our girls in school.
Whenever we use them, we’re helping to raise the profile of our work in Malawi.
They are on sale for £3 each. If you would like to buy one , you can get in touch with Hazel Dawson , tel: 01259 742827 or [email protected]
Forth Valley Trefoil
On March 6th Mariot was invited to speak to the Girlguiding Forth Valley East Trefoil Guild about Mamie Martin’s history and work in Malawi. The members of this group, which is a branch of Girlguiding, support the Guide ethos, including the pledge to help others. There were about twenty women at the meeting – several already had a Malawi connection and the theme of empowering women and girls is close to their hearts.
Mariot spoke about Mamie Martin Then and Now, starting from the story of Mamie and Jack in the 1920s, illustrated by extracts from ‘Salt and Light’, then moving on to Margaret and John starting the fund and our present day work. The Trefoilers were an attentive audience and there were interesting questions and discussions over a cup of tea. There was an opportunity for the ladies to take away our leaflet and bookmark or to buy some Scotland Street coffee.