Hi Everyone,

This year will be the first year where our fundraising will fall well short of the previous years. 

Raffles have continued to contribute significantly to our fund raising despite smaller attendances at Masses, but in the future we may need to curtail the raffle to just one prize. As was recorded in the Minutes, longstanding members, who have been extremely generous in arranging raffles and in support generally, have resigned from the Group. They will be missed and we thank them for their generosity.   

We did not undertake the Woolworths Barbecue as the supermarket has withdrawn support on the basis of health and safety issues owing to burns suffered.

Next year we will consider what additional fund raising could be undertaken such as the re-introduction of a theatre night. The group would welcome any new members since we have lost 3 members this year. We were very pleased to welcome Neal Walker at our last meeting.     

Your sister parish continues to flourish notwithstanding hardships. Thanks again for all you’re wonderful support which means your sister parish’s needy students and orphans can continue with their education.  

This year our support covered school fees for 9 Boarding School students, 8 Day School, 4 University and 16 Primary Scholl Orphans. We also purchased 3 computers.

Fr. Taylor informed us Malawi continues 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.