Lasting Memories In Malawi

Successful Celtic FC Foundation trip to the warm heart of Africa.

ALL of the volunteers who took part in Celtic FC Foundation’s recent trip to Blantyre, Malawi, experienced a truly inspiring journey, which will no doubt live long in the memories of each and every one of them.

Having split into two working groups during their first week in Malawi, the final two days saw our 20 volunteers come together to complete educational ‘talking walls’ at the Kachere ECD Centre.

Despite having spent only a matter of hours at the centre, an incredible bond was formed, with both the children and volunteers completely at ease with one another. Before leaving for the day, the group were showered with hugs and one of the local children proclaimed: ‘This is beautiful, I do not want you to go.’

It wouldn’t be long, however, before the group were back at the Kachere ECD Centre, arriving early on Monday morning to begin the stencilling of the educational features for the ‘talking walls’ such as the alphabet, numbers, shapes, animals and days of the week.

Collectively, the group put in an incredible shift and by the afternoon the classroom was awash with colour and was practically unrecognisable from the one which the group had first encountered.