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supermarket has withdrawn support on the basis of health and safety issues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.
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