News...

Project 4 Africa have successfully worked in partnership with The
Landirani Trust to raise almost £40,000; which built two school
blocks, providing 4 classrooms for The Namanyanga School in
Malawi (opened in Oct 09); and a pre-school, a feeding station (supported by Feed the Children) and a teacher's house (opened in Oct 2010). This has made an amazing impact on the lives of the children in this area. But more is needed, please read on...

Project 4 Africa is now moving into its next stage...Our new project is to build a maternity unit in M’bang’ombe...The current maternity unit is closed because it is falling apart and can no longer attract qualified medical staff. So pregnant women now have to walk 5 hours to the nearest hospital to give birth...or at home with the help of family and friends.
Death rates are high... at the begining of May 2011, in one week alone, 3 babies died in Dzoole village after being born with a TBA (Traditional Birth Attendant). TBA's are illegal in Malawi but with no maternity unit to go to women turn to anyone with some knowledge of deliveries.

This project aims to build a maternity unit in 18 months with an opening ceremony in Oct 2012. We will need to raise £20,000 to make this happen. The project will save lives.

STOP PRESS: The Landirani Trust have secured the temporary services of a mid wife who will visit site once a week. When news got out that there was going to be a midwife visit on Wednesday, women flocked to the unit! She saw 43 women; 7 needing urgent attention – 2 because they were having big babies, one with STIs, one grandmother who was 49 and had a large number of children, another because she was having a breach baby and is also a grandmother, one with an existing scar which would cause complications, and one who had had four babies and only one had survived.
Project 4 Africa have already refurbished some of the staff accommodation at M’bang’ombe in readiness to attract staff to the site. Arrangements are also being made to install solar panels to the staff accommodation.

An itinery of fund raising events is being scheduled, please see the 'Planned Events' page for more info. Corporate sponsors have also been approached and are generously donating monies, even in these difficult financial times.

If you would like to make a donation or sponsor our new project to build a maternity unit, then please go to the 'Donate Now' page. Thanks to all those who have donated and raised funds to make what has happen so far a reality...it really does 'make a difference'.