Who, where, when, why?


September 16th, 2008

Who: Four members of staff and twelve pupils went on this journey.

Mrs Dallas (Party Leader)

Mrs Conington

Mrs Easton

Mr Innes

Zoe Ashwood

Laura Cruikshanks

Thomas Downs

Lisa Ferrie

Christie Gourlay

Patrick Mallon

Isla McInnes

Callum Morrison

Alison Orr

Rebecca Orr

Lynsey Robbie

Kathleen Sargeant

 

Where: We flew to Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi, and travelled from there to Bandawe, a Mission Station in the remote north of the country. It’s near the town of Chintheche, and not far from Nkhata Bay and Mzuzu.

When: We left on the 30th June 2008, returning on the 15th July.

Why: This is the big one! Through a charity, the Mamie Martin Fund (www.mamiemartin.org) our school (Falkirk High School) has been twinned with Bandawe Girls’ Secondary School, which is part of the mission station there. We had some objectives with this trip:

· We were furthering the MASCOTT programme, through which the Scottish Executive encourages links between Malawi and Scotland.

· We wanted (pupils and staff) to become effective contributors to our own society, as well as to Malawian society, by giving them a chance to experience life in Malawi with all its glories and hardships. We thought it was important for us all to experience a very different culture to our own, and learn from it.

· We’re aware that there’s always so much more that we can do for poorer nations, and we wanted to give ourselves the chance to become confident individuals by broadening our experiences in a very positive way.

 

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