This is an incredible gift the worth of which is immeasurable. James Chilimampunga is a sports coach for Building Futures in Malawi. Every day he visits two football fields in different parts of Lilongwe, Malawi and he coaches football to kids between the ages of 5 and 14. He helps them improve their skills on the field but more importantly he is a wonderful role model. He is trained as an HIV/AIDS awareness counsellor and he also teaches about nutrition. This information is extremely well received and the kids that James coaches live for his visits. Often around 200 children turn up at every session James runs. This could amount to 2000 children every week. On Fridays James visits Lilongwe prison and coaches a group of the best behaved inmates. The Lilongwe Prison Guards have found this coaching a great incentive for encouraging good behaviour in the prison. James is incredible. Help him build a team of coaches by funding one for a month. Thank You.
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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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