Whitley Stimpson is pleased to announce continued support of the
Bwengu Project with their on-going work in north Malawi.
The Bwengu Project, run by Anthony and Sue Melia, completes
various ventures each year including the building of local village
schools, churches and medical centres as well as generally
supporting the community.
The dedicated couple are committed to improving the lives of the
village community, which has approximately 5,000 adults and
children. Part of their work is in the provision of self-managing
food projects providing for orphans and other children.
Whitley Stimpson has been supporting various education projects
for the Bwengu Project for a number of years. The Bwengu Project
currently run 40 secondary school education bursaries for orphan
kids and plan to expand this to 50 in 2012. To date, Whitley
Stimpson has paid for eight of these bursaries and has also
purchased a fingertip Pulse Oximet device for medical
help.
As part of the backing agreement, the Bwengu children are tasked
with giving something back to the community on a weekly basis and
are set community projects like working with the local orphan care
centers.
Pulse Oximeters are devices that measure the saturation of
oxygen in the patient's blood without the need to draw for a blood
sample, which is painful and risky. A special clip that contains
the probe is attached to a translucent part of the body, which can
be a fingertip, a toe, or even an earlobe. The probe will then
record what it finds about the patients blood oxygen levels. This
machine will be sent out to Malawi in December.
Anthony Melia, Director of the Bwengu Project says: "Once again,
our deep thanks for Whitley Stimpson's continued support for our
work in the mountain villages of Malawi."
Owen Kyffin, Partner at Whitley Stimpson explains: "We are
delighted to be assisting such a worthy local charity that delivers
such value to the communities in north Malawi. Anthony and Sue are
truly inspirational and have done so much to help the Bwengu
community. Whitley Stimpson recognises the importance of our role
in the community and support a number of projects in the UK and
abroad each year. This includes the donation of funds along with
the delivery of accountancy services to local charity
organisations."