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Working hand in hand to beat poverty through orphan care, education, food programs, vocational training, health care and house building in Malawi.

The Dalitso Project is a registered Scottish charity SC046514 The Dalitso Project is a Christian based charity working in partnership with Aquaid Lifeline to provide orphan care, education, vocational training, food programs and house building for the poorest of the poor in Malawi, the warm heart of Africa. Dalitso means ‘blessing’ in Chichewa, the language of Malawi. As a charity we aim to bless

the people of Malawi but have found that they bless us in return. The groups involvement in Malawi began in 2007 when a group of 7 young people visited Namisu orphan school and village in the south of Malawi and got to see the tough conditions children were living in. With this they decided to fund the building and running of 2 daycare centres and 2 residences for the most at risk young people. These are based in the Thyolo and Kambilonjo regions. Each of these centres are up and running and care for 300 plus children, providing nursery care, additional education (primary schools are only open in the mornings), food and training/further education for the older young people. Since then 2 further trips of 15 have visited the projects, 2 gap students and now a yearly trip ensures that developments of these projects continue. In Kambilonjo which is a very hard to reach, mountainous region of Malawi on the Mozambique border, a health clinic has been built in partnership with the local government. This will mean that the children in our centres and the local community have access to medical care on their doorstep instead of having to take the 1 hour journey on the back of a truck down a very bumpy and often dangerous road like before. To raise money to fund these main projects we run regular fundraisers and a Sponsor Child program. More information of upcoming events and how to get involved in the Sponsor program is available regularly on the main page.

03/09/2024

Introducing supporters to our alumni - Mtendere Stands new business - MtendereClothingline. Please follow and share his products.
We will also be taking orders for the below casual t-shirts and will bring them back from Malawi in October.
If you would like to order please message the team. What a great Christmas present for a Dalitso supporter!
These are being sold at 1 for £10; 2 for £19 and 5 for £40.

we appreciate your support

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01/09/2024

Less than a week until the Friends Choir concert in aid of The Dalitso Project.

We hope to see you there.

29/08/2024

Tickets are still on sale for our Friends Choir concert on Saturday 7th September.

Tickets can now be purchased from RSJoinery (Lindsay Street) on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday from 12-4pm.

Tickets can also be bought by phone, text, messenger or on the door on the night.

See you there!

12/08/2024

The Dalitso Project Newsletter - Fundraiser Information - https://mailchi.mp/1611d2c4188c/the-dalitso-project-newsletter-12803745

08/08/2024

We are delighted to announce that the Friends Choir will be hosting a concert in aid of The Dalitso Project on Saturday 7th September. The concert priced at £10 will take place at St Andrew’s Church Worship Centre, Hamilton Green beginning at 7.30pm.
Tickets can be purchased by calling either of the numbers on the poster attached.
We look forward to an evening of excellent musical talent with all proceeds supporting the work in Malawi.

04/08/2024

The Dalitso Project Newsletter - August - https://mailchi.mp/4d19b21cd32e/the-dalitso-project-newsletter-12793075

08/06/2024

Looking forward to seeing you at the charter in tollcross in half an hour for our soup, scone and coffee afternoon! £5 on the door if you've not managed to get a ticket yet! Pop in anytime between 12noon and 3pm!

06/06/2024

Two days to go! Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday between 12noon and 3pm!

01/06/2024

Newsletter day! Read all about our Kambilonjo Harvest.

http://eepurl.com/iQ2EZA

28/05/2024

Don't forget to get your tickets! Message the team to get them now.

27/05/2024

Our harvest at Kambilonjo has begun today!! Look at that maize! Beautiful!

Thanks to our gardeners for all their work tending to this year’s crops in often challenging circumstances. And to our guardians who are now involved in the harvesting! What an amazing team we have!

12/05/2024

And a video from Thyolo.

12/05/2024

Back at Christmas time we raised £3764.30 from our catering events to buy blankets for the children, staff and community. The next round of distributing these has just happened as although the weather is heating up here, in Malawi it’s starting to cool down.

Here’s some of photos of those reviewing a new blanket.

Thanks to all that supported this fundraiser.

06/05/2024

Click the link to read about the success of Mary and Roddy.

http://eepurl.com/iPmSOY

21/04/2024

New school uniforms at Kambilonjo this week!

Don’t they look smart!

06/04/2024

Our April newsletter is now live!

This month’s edition includes the following:

1. Maize Relief Appeal
2. Sponsor Child Parcel details
3. Glasgow Fundraiser - Save the Date

In our February newsletter, we reported that our centres’ maize was growing well. Despite continued issues with rain, our crops still look good with planned harvest at the end of May/beginning of June. It is hoped at Kambilonjo that we will have enough to feed the children for the full year. Our g...

09/03/2024

The Dalitso Project Newsletter - March - https://mailchi.mp/75bc813a5b65/the-dalitso-project-newsletter-november-12759155

02/03/2024

We are back at St.Andrews Church today serving soup, cakes and tea/coffee at the Spring Arbroath Winter Craft Fair.

See you there!

09/02/2024

The Dalitso Project Newsletter - February -

The success of the maize crop is very much determined by the weather conditions and unfortunately, in Malawi, this can be very unpredictable. Over the years our friends have been faced with too much rain, too little rain, the rains coming then stopping etc, etc, etc. With maize being the main crop i...

03/02/2024

Although today our latest newsletter should be hitting your inbox, there is going to be a delay. We hope to get this to you by mid-week next week! It is ready to go but we require verification of our email domain before sending.
Sorry!

19/01/2024

Less than 24hour till our feedback night kicks off in Tollcross, Glasgow. See you then!

15/01/2024

We cant wait to catch up with some of you guys in Glasgow on Saturday! see you in 5 days!

11/01/2024

9 days until our Glasgow feedback night! Get yourself along to hear all about what we’ve been up to and the plans for 2024!

01/01/2024

Happy New Year from The Dalitso Project! Thank you for your continued support!

25/12/2023

Thank you to all our sponsors for our Christmas presents!

Your donation of £25 bought your child their rucksack and the items within! And they got them today at their Christmas party.

25/12/2023

Present time!

25/12/2023

Christmas Day at Kambilonjo and Thyolo!

Food, dancing and lots of fun!

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas from all at The Dalitso Project

Thank you for your continued support!

Click the link for a Christmas song from our Thyolo choir. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/oqL_vfS1Ick?si=AsiIII2oYK_B7Fp-

24/12/2023

A message to The Dalitso Project supporters from Christina our administrator at Thyolo.

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And a video from Thyolo.

Happy New Year from The Dalitso Project! Thank you for your continued support!

Thank you to all our sponsors for our Christmas presents! Your donation of £25 bought your child their rucksack and the items within! And they got them today at their Christmas party.

Present time!

A message to The Dalitso Project supporters from Christina our administrator at Thyolo.

Today we met David Steness one of our young sponsor children from Thyolo. Here the team visited him and his Grandmother in October.

Learners are we happy? Yes we are happy! Our children from Kambilonjo are providing today’s Sunday Song! Check out those smiles!

It’s Sunday Song time! Today from our staff choir.

The team are back after their 2 week trip to Malawi. Check this months newsletter for details and photos of what we got up to. https://mailchi.mp/e1864ba6c3d0/the-dalitso-project-newsletter-november?e=25927c9bb9 Also here’s a treat for you all on this cold November weekend. The Thyolo residence choir singing a goodbye song on our last night. Lots more to come from them in our Christmas Countdown next month!

Merry Christmas from Malawi to Scotland! Thanks for all your support this year!

1 sleep till Christmas! A Christmas message from Christina, our administrator at Thyolo.

2 sleeps till Christmas! A Christmas message from Charles at Kambilonjo!

3 sleeps till Christmas! Today we have a message from John Kang’ombe sent to us for our 15 year celebration. This message was sent not for The Dalitso trustees, nor our management committee, not for those that have had the opportunity to visit Malawi but to the 100s of people that have supported the work for over a decade and a half. “You haven’t seen Malawi, you haven’t seen the children but you just trust that what I’m giving, it’ll be going direct to the point of need.” On behalf of the children of Thyolo and Kambilonjo we thank you!

4 sleeps till Christmas! A highlights video of the fun we had with the children when we visited Malawi in October. Check out those smiles 📸

5 sleeps till Christmas! A choir performance on a last night in Malawi always ends with audience participation! Apologies for the singing coming from behind the camera but it is so hard not to join in!! This song shows clearly the children’s love of music and dance and we are pretty sure it will get your feet tapping also!

6 sleeps till Christmas! When the 2007 team look back on the first trip and our visit to Kambilonjo, the wind blowing through the open daycare windows, the rain and sleet and the shivering children attempting to eat their nsima too cold to move is a picture that lives on in our memories. It was from this that the group of young people really grasped the poverty facing the children of Malawi. The partnership with this community was born from this trip and 15 years on, Charles shares all that has been achieved through the giving of supporters of The Dalitso Project. Thank you for your support!

7 sleeps till Christmas! SPOTLIGHT ON THE SPONSOR CHILD PROCESS We often have people asking us how we manage to get through almost 250 sponsor child interviews particularly this year when we were only there for 2 weeks. To be honest we often look back surprised we managed it!! We actually completed each centre in only 2 days this year! Join us today as we journey through the interview process through the eyes of one of our children. We have recently added some children to our programme that are looking for a sponsor. Get in touch if you would like more information on this part of the work. You can sponsor a child for only £15/month.

8 sleeps till Christmas! Our final video of personalised thank you’s from Thyolo! Thank you to all of you who support these young people.

9 sleeps till Christmas! Something a little slower tonight from our Thyolo choir. All our children love to sing and they were delighted on the last night to perform for us a selection of songs to share with you all back home. Enjoy!