April 2018 letter from Fr Taylor

Dear Lindsay and MSG members,

Thanks again for the wonderful support you offer our needy students and orphans. 

From this we have been able to cover school fees and orphan support.

Support for school fess involved 9 Boarding school students, 8 Day School, 4 University and 16 primary Orphans. We also purchased 3 computers.

I am sending some photos of students and orphans. Hope they help.

Malawi continued to struggle with poor leadership and escalating prices, especially for students. Moral leadership has mostly failed and yet the people go on smiling – the warm heart of Africa.

Have not engaged with Sunny Money Malawi, as I have been helping to rebuild the girl’s secondary school.  We begin painting tomorrow. Also I have been asked to renovate a complex for priests and for respite. Hopefully we will finish by the end of May. I will in Ireland for 6 weeks from the 10^th July – nice thought.

Kindest Regards

Frank Taylor

Letter from Fr Taytor

Lindsay,

Thank you for your Christmas letter and New Year greetings. It was also

very special to have greetings from Malawi Support Group including Bernie &; Barb – my golf is hit and miss!

The Archbishop has asked me to help in building a modern secondary

School for girls (boarding) – a task beyond me but I at least built a wall around the compound of 115 panels of 4 meters each panel. The Archbishop is looking for funds in Europe. I will assist with an initial boarding facility for 50 girls. Please this is not a request.

The main project of school fees for secondary and tertiary students is a

Wonderful effort to assist the very needy students who come to us for help.

We open second term on 8^th January and will send you photos and details

(Even of the school wall).

The clinic is running well and I was able to bring a microscope from Ireland

For the laboratory which is very essential.

The solar lamp project for students is a great idea.
We often go 24 hours now without electricity, so to provide each student with a solar lamp which also has a charger for phones – where they can make a little pocket money.
An initial supply of 40 or 50 lamps would be a real blessing. A solar lamp with a charger built in is about $7.00 but may supply it cheaper when it is for the poor students. I Have one for testing at the moment.

I am planning to get solar panels for the house / church as every day we have

power outages.

Thanks again to everyone in the Malawi Support Group for their

Commitment. The remittance can be sent anytime in January.

Kindest Regards

Frank Taylor