Off to Malawi with Chico
This week I’m off on a trip to the Kasungu area in Malawi, Africa, to visit two new PlayPump water solutions funded by the singer Chico through the Rainbow Child Foundation.
The Rainbow Child Foundation is a non-profit organisation that helps underprivileged children all over the world in a variety of ways.
These are the second and third PlayPumps that Chico has funded through the Rainbow Child Foundation.
We’ll aim to keep you up to date with our travels on this blog. We leave on Monday, arriving at Lilongwi, Malawi at mid-day on Tuesday and travel 3 hours out of the township and deep into the heart of urban Malawi to the Balaka region.
In Balaka, we head to Mbavi Primary School to visit a sanitation block funded by people who have bought One Toilet Tissue from The Co-operative; then onto Hilda Kawaga to see a groundnut farmer and a cassava farmer. Wrapping up by heading into Chiundu to see livestock projects and a Home Based Care project.
Then we have a long trek north, where on Wednesday we visit Kalula and Livwezi FP Schools which between them have more than 2000 pupils benefiting from the PlayPumps funded by Chico.
As always it’s going to be a whirlwind trip but we’ll do our best to capture some video and photos to bring back the lives of the people out there back to you at home.
About the Author
I look after two roles at One. 1) I head up digital and social media; and 2) I host client trips out to our sites in Africa and blog our experiences. You may already know me as the voice behind One Difference on our Facebook community.
One is such a unique, fun and life changing business. Our aim is to make it easy for everyone to make a difference to those that need it most. I feel fortunate to work for one of the best companies ever. We are honest and transparent about who we are, we work hard at our cause and we have a lot of fun too. My colleagues, our partners and our community members make a great family. I feel part of something truly special.
