Download This project is now funded

Projects update end Jan
10th Feb 2017
Life for the village people in and around Bwengu has become increasing difficult over the past several
weeks. Civil servants had their last pay on 21st December, with no indication of just when their
outstanding salary will be paid.
In addition the cost of the staple diet of Maize flour has almost doubled, this price hike being also
reflected in the orphan care food we are about to order. This food has now has increased from 1200kw
last time be purchased and now is 2000kw per 2kg bag.
There is much hardship at this time on finding the money to buy the daily food a families need to survive.
Whole school teaching projects 8 junior schools
The last of the Malawi junior school national curriculum lessons has been posted for entry onto the
memory flash drive. The plan now is to complete by mid-March the whole of this curriculum.
In order that we may put this project into some perspective for you, one appendix 1 is one of the actual
10,800 lessons that would appear on the blackboard and is in the memory chip for them to use. Using the
same headings/topics, an additional lesson will also be available to them is shown on appendix 2. These
will all be shown on a 4 mtr square screen on the classroom wall with these projectors.
These kits will be taken out in August 2017 a total of 8 people will now travel out during
August/September /October to install this project into the 8 schools
This project is now funded
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Whole class teaching – Prepare 8 IT classrooms with furniture Project
Work on these 8 classrooms will commence after the rains end Feb / March 2017. Materials to complete
these classrooms will arrive last week Feb/ March 2017. Target for completion is end April/ May in
readiness for the “whole class teaching project arrival”
This project now funded
Women’s Development Junior school Uniform project
£100.
One problem amongst the many for children to attend junior school is uniforms. The present cost for 1
boy or girl’s uniform is £1.25p. or 1500kw. For many families this is problem in finding this money.
This project seeks to deal with this ongoing problem by the introduction of this trial project into 4 of the 7
women’s development centres that have been built. The project idea is to invest in the purchase of bulk
meters of school uniform materials, one centre making boys uniform one centre girls.
We expect actual children’s school uniforms to roll out January/ February 2017.
This project is now funded
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Jombo Women’s Development Centre Project
The building of this women’s centre is now completed.
Funds have now been released and the various outstanding parts of this project can now go forward.
Below are the pictures of:
New sewing machines arrival- solar lights arrival- cooking equipment arrival- Furniture arrival
We will shortly place the order for the orphan care food for Jombo WDC. The last part of this project
namely the sewing dress making and tailoring course has yet to commence. Once Kacheche WDC course
is finished the same teachers will then proceed to Jombo (both villages are close with easy travel time for
teachers)
We expect this teaching to commence in March/ April
This project now funded
Bumba junior school renovation project 2017
This junior school renovation project is the largest school project we have attempted with some 20
classrooms, plus outside classrooms, not to mention other offices /staffroom / library etc. This school has
many problems for 1800 children and some 36 staff. Ten of these classrooms have no furniture.
The material kit list has now gone to the supplier, who confirms delivery will be 1st week March, Project
work sheets for inside and outside of 20 classrooms have been prepared, these will be sent to the
builders by 14th Feb/
Subject to progress, the remaining buildings work sheets will follow on in due course.
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Bumba junior school renovation building materials needs
Materials to complete this project will arrive 1st week March 2017
This project is now funded
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bumba junior school classroom furniture needs Standard 1 /2//3 = 8 classrooms
The carpenter has visited the school and now has the production schedule for theses 8 rooms. Only when
each classroom is completed inside and outside will the furniture be installed in these 8 rooms.
This project is now funded
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Bumba junior school Staffroom/ Library furniture project
This project seeks to provide furniture for the renovated Staffroom- Library- Head teacher’s office
Staffroom
Staff
( 30 teachers ) room
Chairs
30
Library Heads Unit
office cost
Each
1
0
£6
Total
cost
Status
Funded Comments
£180
Part
No
Tables
Half Book
case
Notice
Boards
Full book
case
Half notice /B
Benches
30
30
6
2
3
2
£13
£14
£507
£476
Await
Await
No
No
2
1
1
£14
£56
Await Yes
Helen Lawson
0
4
2
£37
£204
Await No
Helen Lawson £25
20
0
0
6
0
0
£7
£7
£180
£42
Await No
Await Yes
Await donor
Helen Lawson
Long Itchington ladies
church group. £62
Await donor
Await donor
This project is part funded
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Orphan care food project 2018 £2000
With the completion of the Jombo women’s development centre, we now have 7 orphan feeding
stations. This project seeks to secure funding for orphan care food for 2018.
The cost of each 2 kg bag is now 2000kw (£2) this one bag if made into a maize porridge will feed
approx. 50/55 children. Food availability for the everyday family is becoming a problem owing to the
prices now being charged for the basic diet of Maize that feeds most within the villages.
To put into context in 2016 we last bought Para 2 kg bag 1200 kW is now 2000kw
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Old Tablets/ laptops/ Smart phones Project
If you have any of these items lying around unused, we for sure can find a use for them,
Charitable Giving via mydonate.com
https://mydonate.bt.com/events/bwengu/6191
Through the kind assistance of Southam Rotary 2000, we have been helped in setting up a charitable
giving link in our website. Money can be donated via the link contained within our web site. Just go to
the page “Want to Help” then click on the link and follow the instructions. Or just click on the link above.
Please remember to tick the little box on the left hand side of the first page.
This also means that if you are a UK tax payer we will be able to claim back an additional 25% on top of
your original donation. So you can see it could be a better way to raise much more money for the
projects.
Our plan is to continue with My- Donate Charitable giving in 2016
Tony & Sue Melia
www.bwenguprojects.co.uk
February 2017
Appendix 1
Appendix 2 (additional lesson available)
Exploring our solar system
1
The Solar System consists of the Sun with planets in orbit around it. Most
planets have at least one satellite in orbit around them. Gravity provides the
centripetal force needed to keep objects in orbit.
We can explore space using manned or unmanned spacecraft.
The Solar System
Solar systems consist of:

a star (the Sun)
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planets and dwarf planets in orbit around the Sun

satellites (moons) in orbit around most of the planets

Comets and asteroids in orbit around the Sun.
There are eight planets in our solar system, including the Earth, and smaller
dwarf planets such as Pluto, Ceres and Eris.
The Solar System showing from left to right from the Sun - Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
You need to know the position of the planets in order from the Sun. Starting
with the closest to the sun, the order is:

Mercury

Venus
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Earth
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Mars
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus

Neptune
It may help to remember My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming.
There are many other smaller objects that orbit the Sun. Three of these are Ceres,
Pluto ansd Eris, known as 'the dwarf planets'. Ceres orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Pluto orbits further away from the Sun than Neptune, while Eris orbits further out still.
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Our Solar System
Stars and galaxies
Stars are very hot and give off their own light, which is why we can see the Sun during
the day, and the stars in the night sky. A galaxy is large group of many millions of
stars.
Our Sun is just one of at least 200 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The
observable universe contains around 80 billion galaxies. The universe also contains
other objects, such as black holes.
The Milky Way galaxy is home to planet Earth
Gravity and orbits
The orbits of the planets in the Solar System are almost circular - with the Sun near the
centre. Many diagrams (including these here) show the orbits very squashed from top
to bottom. This is to give a sense of perspective, or to fit the diagram into a page in a
book.
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Our Solar System
The orbits of the eight planets and Pluto
The orbits of the planets in the Solar System are almost circular - with the Sun
near the centre. Many diagrams (including these here) show the orbits very
squashed from top to bottom. This is to give a sense of perspective, or to fit the
diagram into a page in a book.
Circular motion requires a centripetal force. Without it, the object will fly off in a
straight line. Circular motion requires a centripetal force. Without it, the object will fly off in
The Sun's gravity keeps the planets, dwarf planets, comets and asteroids in orbit. The gravity
of a planet keeps its satellites in orbit.
Exploring space
What is space like?
The space between planets is called interplanetary space. These are some of the
conditions there:
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there is no atmosphere

the temperature varies from very cold (away from the Sun) to very hot (in
sunshine)
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the gravitational field strength is close to zero, so objects are effectively
weightless

there is a lot of cosmic radiation (radiation from the Sun and distant objects in
space)
If astronauts are to explore space, scientists and engineers must design systems to
protect them from these conditions.
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Our Solar System
Spacecraft
Spacecraft provide the conditions needed for astronauts to survive in space. They
provide:
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an atmosphere (and equipment to remove waste gases such as carbon dioxide)
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insulation and heating to provide a suitable temperature for life

Exercise equipment to reduce the effects of weightlessness (bones become
weaker the longer an astronaut is in space, and exercise helps to slow this
process down).
The walls and windows of spacecraft are designed to withstand the impact of
“micrometeorites” (tiny pieces of fast-moving rock). But they cannot protect astronauts
from all the cosmic radiation in space, which can cause cancer. The Earth's atmosphere
and magnetic field shield life forms on Earth from most of this, but scientists are not
sure how they can protect astronauts in space. This limits how long a mission can last
without damaging the health of the astronauts
Space probes
Space probes are spacecraft that can visit other planets without the need for
astronauts. They can send back information about things such as the:

temperature, magnetic field strength and radiation levels

gravitational field strength, and

the surroundings, including the composition of any atmosphere.
Some of the missions undertaken by such craft include:

Viking 1 and Viking 2 (landed on Mars in the 1970s, took photographs and
analysed soil samples)

Mars Global Surveyor (went into orbit around Mars in 1997 and mapped the
surface in 3D)

Spirit and Opportunity (two robot vehicles that landed on Mars in 2004).
Unmanned space probes do not need to carry food, water or oxygen. They can
withstand conditions that would be lethal to astronauts.
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Our Solar System
Unmanned spacecraft
Unmanned spacecraft are cheaper than manned spacecraft, and safer, as they do not
carry any astronauts. It is very difficult to repair an unmanned spacecraft in Earth’s
orbit, and impossible once it leaves orbit. So the components are designed to be rugged
and reliable. But history shows that systems in unmanned spacecraft do fail. This may
mean that parts of the mission cannot be completed. Sometimes the whole mission is
lost.
Exploring our solar system – higher
The distances to stars
Stars are very far away from each other. The distances are measured in light years.
One light year is the distance that light travels in one year. Since the speed of light in
space is about 300,000,000 metres per second, this is a very large distance indeed
(about 9.5 million million km).
Stars are too far away for us to be able to measure the distance directly. So we use the
parallax method. The star is observed against a background of distant stars, then again
six months later. The star appears to move against the background. The bigger the
apparent movement, the nearer the star is to Earth. This is just the same as when you
hold a finger up to your face and turn your head from side to side - the finger seems to
move against objects in the distance.
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Our Solar System
Finding the distance of a star using parallel
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