Malawi Map
Malawi is in sub-saharan Africa. It is a landlocked country and is bordered by Zambia, Mozambique and Tanzania. Malawi is home to one of the largest lakes in the world. Lake Malawi is 365 miles long by 52 miles wide!
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Lilongwe is the capital city of Malawi. It is in the middle of the country. It is a 1.5 hour drive to either Lake Malawi or Zambia. The city is growing rapidly and was at one time the fastest growing city in the world.
Building Futures in Malawi work in the most deprived areas of the city. These Google images are out of date. Each of the schools and libraries are now completely surrounded by houses. There is increasing demand for the schools and the libraries are busy all day, all year round.
Unusual Auction Raises Money For BFIM Library Project
Monday 16th August 2010
The recent Building Futures in Malawi Blues and Rock Garden Party went down a storm. Not only did a larger than ever crowd revel in the unique atmosphere that was electrified by some of the best musical talent in Colchester, the charity gift auction was an unusual turn of events. As regular guests of the BFIM music event will know, each year a cake is auctioned off to raise money to improve the lives of children in Malawi, but this year there was a surprise in store for the guests. An employee of sponsors High Position, an Essex based search engine optimisation company, offered themselves up for bidding in return for a night out on the tiles. In good spirit Kerry McCarthy was won by colleague Tobias Bowman and the pair spent an evening drinking fine wine and eating good food, followed by some dancing at a local nightclub. In total the event raised a stunning £5,900 which will go towards the latest project, building a community sports school which includes a secondary school, sports fields, community centre and library amongst many other things.
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