Preparations for the 2011 Blues and Rock Garden Party are well under way. This Saturday the secluded festival venue in Colchester, Essex will be filled with throngs of happy people partying to some lovely festival tunes, eating fabulous foods from around the world and enjoying the refreshments of the obligatory beer tent. For anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity to attend the most popular party in town, we urge you to get yourselves down there!

Thanks to all the charity gifts purchased by our supporters and the donations raised by fundraisers, we are in the final stages of securing more land in Malawi and hope to commence work on the Lingadzi Academy in July this year. Plans for the development include a school, library, multi-use community hall, playground, sports facilities and arts space. This will be a great addition to the many successful projects that have been funded by charity gifts, donations and the generosity of charity fundraisers in the UK for communities in Malawi. This is also the perfect time to remember that we have no running costs so that every penny donated to Building Futures in Malawi goes to the projects that benefit the people of Malawi.