Build A School are incredibly proud to present our newly formed women’s Fairtrade certified organic essential oil co-operative at our Tickbird Visitor Centre site, Malawi. This co-operative will provide these women with much needed education, employment, income and empowerment. They will be producing the world’s first Fairtrade certified organic essential oil products such as soap. Amazing!
Our wonderful women are: Velentina Banda, Suzan Malunga, Elube Zagwa, Vaileti Bowa, Emily Chiwaya, Unike Madzi, Sofeleti Msungamoyo, Ana Kambaika, Fanesi Gositi and Elube Nyumeni.
From a few pounds a month to buying a brick or even sponsoring a whole classroom, you can become a part of our team working to provide education where it’s needed.
By supporting our work, you not only achieve your corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals, we help you – with one partnership – support both EDUCATION and SUSTAINABILITY.
Well we certainly had some ‘fun with a purpose’ at Castle Combe recently at our charity track day!
A big thank you to Architecture Verte (www.architectureverte.co.uk) for sponsoring the day, the drivers and everyone at Castle Combe Circuit (www.castlecombecircuit.co.uk) and of course Mr. Christopher Darwin. The day was extremely successful and over £5,000 was raised to be split between us and Combat Stress. We also had some great rides in some (very fast!) lovely cars.
Take a look at more pictures from the day on our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150514858363182.376458.108214858181&type=3&l=bf637b99e1
Brighton and Hove’s leading independent estate and letting agents, Mishon Mackay (www.mishonmackay.com), are 25 years old this year and they are celebrating by attempting to raise £25,000 for three different charities throughout 2012. They have chosen us to be one of those lucky charities – thank you very much!
Mishon Mackay have already made a great start to their fundraising with an incredibly successful quiz night held in February which raised over £2,000! For their next exciting event, Tina Wenham, Manager, will be running the Brighton Marathon and we would really appreciate …
Why not treat yourselves to a special brick on our virtual ‘Buy A Brick’ wall and at the same time help us to raise money for Tickbird, our fantastic sustainable living education centre that we are constructing in Lilongwe, Malawi? We are giving you another opportunity to buy one of our bricks for £250 each and for your name or company logo to appear on our website brick wall to demonstrate your support. For more details see…..
http://buildaschool.org.uk/category/fund-raising/our-supporters/brick-wall/
Let’s get building!
We’ve done it!! Build A School are very proud and excited to announce that the BIG LOTTERY FUND have awarded us a grant for our fantastic Women’s Fairtrade Certified Essential Oil Co-operative and Farmer Training project in Malawi. Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity.
Take a look at today’s news release…
http://news.biglotteryfund.org.uk/pr_020212_int_uk_overseas_deaf_children_plea?regioncode=-uk
Our Women’s Fairtrade Certified Essential Oil Co-operative are working hard and making exciting progress – they are enjoying every minute of it! Take a look at all of the pictures of our wonderful women from Ann Page’s (UK Co-ordinator) recent Malawi trip on Facebook at:-
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150485958368182.371805.108214858181&type=1
