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2011
September

Temwa, Inkie and The Paradise by Way of Kensal Green host the Urban Art Auction, raising nearly £30,000 for Temwa and Great Ormond St.

July

Temwa's partner organisation utu successfully dispatches a storage unit containing hundreds of boxes full of educational textbooks to be used in schools in Malawi. Read More

The new ‘Trees for Life’ campaign is launched. This aims to raise £25,000 which will enable 250,000 new trees to be planted in Nkhata Bay. The campaign is part of an urgent response to an imminent new bylaw which will impose heavy fines on community members for cutting down trees. Read More

Temwa employs new member of staff, Mr McSamuel Phinde to oversee the new microfinance project, recently launched in partnership with Deki. Read More

Temwa partners with two Malawi-based charities: 500 Miles and Beit CURE, to help treat people in need of orthopaedic and medical services. Read More

June                

Thanks to the UWE ‘Degree Tree’ project:

Over 11,000 trees have been raised and planted

Five community tree nurseries have been established

Many people have been educated about the upkeep and importance of trees 

Many tree species have been planted in farmers' fields, schools, churches and on open and degraded land. Read More

May

Temwa partners with microfinance charity Deki Fair Trade Microloans.

The microloans are the first available which are interest-free as well as commission-free. This is thanks to a generous multi-year donation that cover the costs of a staff member on the ground to oversee the project. 

In time it will be possible for those previously denied access to finance to set up small businesses and work themselves out of poverty. Read More

March

The second phase of the UWE ‘Degree Tree’ project is launched.

This encourages students to take responsibility for off-setting their paper usage by collecting individual donations of £3 to plant a tree in Malawi in their name. Read More

New intern, Georgie Davis is taken on by Temwa as their first UK Trust Fundraising and Adminstration Coordinator.
February

Temwa receives its largest ever grant from Malawi’s National Aids Commission to fund various HIV & Aids projects within the Nkhata Bay north region. Read More

Bristol-based artist Felix ‘FLX’ Braun raises money for Temwa  with a world record breaking 24-hours non-stop, draw-a-thon at Bristol's King Of Paint gallery. 

With the money raised FLX has travelled to Usisya to work on a community mural project with school children and local artists. His mural, which raises awareness of the importance of health education, is unveiled at one of the hugely popular open days at the Usisya Community Centre. Read More


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