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Project 4 Africa's next project is to build a Maternity Unit in Malawi,
Africa. The project will be an 18 month task with the target of
carrying out the work in the summer of 2012. The chosen location
for the maternity unit is at a village called M’bang’ombe, about a two and half hour drive over rough terrain from the capital of Lilongwe. But there are very few vehicles in the rural villiages which currently means a 5 hours walk for pregnant women to a delivery clinic. Alternatively the women give birth in their village with the help of relatives. This project will make an amazing impact on the lives of the children and parents in this area...and will save lives!

The team from the UK will both be guided by and work alongside the local people to construct the building. The link to the local community will be vital if we are to complete this project successfully. The project team have also established that this project must be carried out in association an organisation that are experts in this field, with their people in country, for this project to be successful. To this end we have partnered with the Landirani Trust who are a local UK charity based in Surbiton helping children and orphans in Malawi.

In order to achieve the objective, around £20,000 needsto be raised through sponsorship, fund raising and voluntary contributions...in an 18 month project. This is a tall ask but one we are confident can be achieved.

It has been shown that having experienced people on the ground is essential to the success of this project...going it alone is a non-starter.

Oh and by the way …we expect there to be another football match between the local team and the project team on completion of the project.

Please watch this space for updates...