Temwa
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Temwa is a registered UK charity. Operating in Malawi
, central Africa
, Temwa works mainly in one region known as Usisya on a number of different community driven projects including Education, Health, Skills Development and Agriculture.
girls, Jo Hook and Sophie Elson. The idea was initially conceived three years before while Jo and Sophie were working in Malawi . After three years of fund raising they returned to Malawi and started to build a community center.
HIV/AIDs awareness group Purple Field productions worked with Temwa on a project to raise AIDs awareness throughout the region.
Agriculture is encouraged through a range of projects, including a demonstration garden and an ongoing project with the International Tree Foundation to plant many fruit and other trees throughout the region.
music scene and gigs by many local bands including Babyhead and The Zen Hussies along with club nights have all helped raise funds for this charity.
Temwa also has raised money through corporate sponsors Commercial Vehicle Solutions and the fashionable fundraisers Bottle Top .
Malawi
The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
, central Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, Temwa works mainly in one region known as Usisya on a number of different community driven projects including Education, Health, Skills Development and Agriculture.
A short history of Temwa
Temwa dates back to 2003 when it was founded by two BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
girls, Jo Hook and Sophie Elson. The idea was initially conceived three years before while Jo and Sophie were working in Malawi . After three years of fund raising they returned to Malawi and started to build a community center.
Current projects
Education and Schools are one of the areas Temwa continue to work in, providing library services and schools support throughout the region of UsisyaHIV/AIDs awareness group Purple Field productions worked with Temwa on a project to raise AIDs awareness throughout the region.
Agriculture is encouraged through a range of projects, including a demonstration garden and an ongoing project with the International Tree Foundation to plant many fruit and other trees throughout the region.
Fundraising
Temwa has a strong association with the BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
music scene and gigs by many local bands including Babyhead and The Zen Hussies along with club nights have all helped raise funds for this charity.
Temwa also has raised money through corporate sponsors Commercial Vehicle Solutions and the fashionable fundraisers Bottle Top .