Issue Number 05 | January 2020
Malawi Partnership –
Progress Update!
Exciting things are happening with
our Malawi partnership in 2020. We
are delighted that Barassie Primary
have joined our partnership and
along with both Ntenjera Primary
and Secondary we have joined the
British
Council’s
Connecting
Classrooms project. As part of this
we will be exploring how the UN’s
Sustainable Development Goals
impact our communities.
Songs for Malawi
Christmas Concert
In December we held a fantastic
‘Songs for Malawi’ Christmas
Concert
with
amazing
performances from the different
groups and soloists. We were also
joined by Davie Luhanga, a
musician originally from Malawi who
has now settled in Edinburgh. A
brilliant evening was had by all. Well
done to our wonderful Music
Department and all the music
instructors for putting on an
excellent show. We must also thank
Ms McCallum, Mr Harris, the S6
Leadership team and all of the staff
and pupil volunteers that helped on
the night. Over £600 was raised for
our Marr Malawi partnership – which
was a fantastic achievement.
Over the past year the staff and
pupils at Marr have raised over
£4,000 in order to improve facilities
at our partner schools in Ntenjera.
We are delighted to announce that
early in 2020 work will begin on the
construction of a new classroom for
Ntenjera Primary.
The school
currently has only 13 classrooms for
all 2025 pupils so this will be a
welcome and much needed
addition.
In February the whole of Marr
College will have the opportunity to
raise more money to further enable
our partners to provide a better
education for their young people.
Pupils in the BGE phase will be able
to take part in our first ever Smarties
Challenge and Senior phase pupils
will be able to test themselves and
raise money in our annual Living on
One week. For more information
about
the
Scotland
Malawi
Partnership click on the flag!
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