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Another great coffee morning in Fife

How lovely it was to meet so many of our lovely Fife supporters in person again.  More than 60 people, mostly local, came to support girls’ education in Malawi and to enjoy Isabel Stanners’ wonderful baking. The blueberry scones were a particular favourite!

These joyous events remind us all of the power of community – this Fife community supporting girls and their families in other communities far away. The weather was very wet and so we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of ‘Talking Tandems‘. These hardy cyclists decided that a nice coffee and cake was a lot more sensible than cycling in the rain. They cycle on tandems, with a sighted cyclist in front and a blind or partially sighted cyclist behind. We thank them for their support of our event.

We were delighted, too, to have a Fairtrade stall at the event, stocked with colourful and interesting Malawian products from the One World Shop. Winnie Wood runs a regular Fairtrade stall at this Church and added colour and interest with Kibébé products for this occasion. 

Our event raised over £400.00 (net) – the goodwill and fun cannot be measured but joy and fun rose above the wind and rain to dominate the morning. Thanks to you all.

Partnership celebrated (with cake, of course)

We were so happy to celebrate our partnership with the Lancashire West Methodist Circuit this month. This group of church communities supports six Malawian girls at school in Karonga, in the far north of Malawi. The girls are now starting their fourth and final year of secondary school. MMF Trustee, Phil Wright, introduced the event at Croston (near Preston) and expressed the appreciation of the Mamie Martin Fund and our partners in Malawi for this wonderful support.

Moira Dunworth, our Marketing Lead, reported on the progress of the pupils and the finances of the project (very healthy, thanks to generous Lancashire West donors). She included some updates about other MMF news. She told the meeting that a new book about Mamie Martin and other women missionaries is now available. Then we had a lighter few moments seeing video clips of Jo Wright and her ‘dips’ in 31 lakes/tarns as a fund-raiser for MMF. Jo, herself, kindly rounded off the presentation by reading the lovely poem from two of the Malawian pupils supported by this Circuit.  

After the event those present adjourned for some tea and cake. What a lovely welcome for the MMF visitors (from Edinburgh, Kendal and Lancaster) and what a great opportunity to share news and stories. Thanks LW (as they call the Circuit in Malawi!).