Malawi Partnership
This partnership has been described by Lord McConnell, Former First Minister, as one of the very best examples of a Scotland / Malawi partnership. Approaching 5 consecutive years, a group of senior pupils has made the trip to Malawi and so far the partnership has constructed 8 new classrooms and refurbished a further 8 in Holyrood's partner schools. Thus, the learning environment for a large number of children has been improved. Holyrood works in close partnership with the charity, Mary's Meals, whose ambition is to feed the starving children of the world through places of education. As a result, the partner schools are well attended and children receive a life saving daily meal and invaluable education but accommodation is critically short and in extremely poor condition.
A team of 36 young people has now been chosen for 2013 after a successful 5 years of the project and will continue the work in Malawi, led by previous head teacher, Thomas McDonald. The school has so far raised in excess of £200,000 for Malawi.
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