The Dalitso Project

13/08/2025

👶 2gether We Give. 2gether We Grow.
Monthly Support — Option 3: Infant Rescue (£15/month)

In Malawi, the risks for mothers and babies are heartbreakingly high:
• Maternal mortality: UK — 1 in 10,000 | Malawi — 1 in 130
• Infant mortality: UK — 3.9 in 1,000 | Malawi — 29.4 in 1,000

Our Infant Rescue programme supports orphaned babies — often referred from Thyolo due to its proximity to the district hospital. These little ones are cared for by guardians such as grandmothers, aunties, or older siblings, but the cost of formula and baby essentials is extremely high.

Once a month, on what’s come to be called “baby day”, guardians visit the centre to collect formula, clothing, and other essentials they otherwise could not afford.

Right now, we have 26 babies on the programme (12 boys and 14 girls).
So far, 48 boys and 37 girls have graduated from Infant Rescue at two years old — healthy and ready for the next stage of life. At age two, some babies leave the programme, while others move into our nursery. Our very first baby is now 14 years old.

Your £15/month helps provide:
🥛 Formula milk & nutrition
🛏 Warm blankets & clothing
🍼 Other essential baby supplies

You’ll receive updates on the babies you’re helping — so you can see the difference your support makes in those crucial early months.

This year, we’re asking each supporter to find 2 more people to join in. Could you be one — or find someone who can?

💚 Start here: Message here or email [email protected]

12/08/2025

👩‍⚕️ 2gether We Give. 2gether We Grow.
Monthly Support — Option 2: Further Education & Vocational Training (£15/month)

We’re committed to supporting our young people beyond secondary school — helping them into further education or vocational training.

Your £15/month helps pay fees for college, apprenticeships, or skills training in things such as:
🩺 Medicine | 🌱 Agriculture | 📚 Teaching | 👮‍♂️ Public service | 🔧 Welding | ⚡ Electrical | 🛠 Carpentry

This video shows some of the dreams our children have for the future. Your support helps make those ambitions possible — and you’ll receive updates on their progress so you can see the difference you’re making.

This year, we’re asking each supporter to find 2 more people to join in. Could you be one — or find someone who can?

💚 Start here: Message here or email: [email protected]

11/08/2025

📚 2gether We Give. 2gether We Grow.
Monthly Support — Option 1: Sponsor a Child - Nursery, Primary & Secondary (£15/month)

Your sponsorship provides:
• Education — schools fees, uniform, learning materials
• Nutrition — daily meals at our centres
• Healthcare — access to medical support
• Access to Support - Maize Relief

As a sponsor, you’ll receive each year:
• 📄 A report and updated photo
• 💌 A letter or colouring
• 🎁 The chance to buy a gift for the October trip
• 🎄 The chance to send a Christmas present

📽 Watch the video to see Aylee take you through part of the process — our annual interviews with every sponsored child, where we gather updates and check their wellbeing.

This year, we’re asking each supporter to find 2 more people to join in.
Could you be one — or find someone who can?

💚 Start here: Message here or email [email protected]

11/08/2025

Our trustee Caroline Farquhar is walking the kiltwalk this Sunday for our work in malawi. Please support her in her mammoth walk with whatever you can spare. All the best for sunday Caroline!

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10/08/2025

📣 If you only read one AGM update — make it this one! 📣

For 18 years, we’ve been supporting children, families and the communities of Thyolo and Kambilonjo in Malawi

And over the last couple of weeks we have shared…
🔁 2 centre updates – Thyolo & Kambilonjo
🌟 2 highlights – 2 houses built & young people Back 2 Help
🎥 2 administrator reflections – Christina & Charles
👣 2 teams – trips in 2023 & 2024 and 2 management teams
🏥 A legacy gift– funding a new maternity unit

So why this focus on the number 2?!

In our financial report we shared that we currently have 176 monthly supporters giving approx. £3,000/month. However with the rising costs in Malawi due to the economic situation and more young people in further education than before, we have a gap between income and expenditure.

So we are setting up a challenge to grow the charity 2gether! If each supporter found 2 friends, we could bridge the gap between income & need — keeping 18 years of life-changing support going, even as costs rise in Malawi.

And we are not asking you to give more (unless you want to!) — we’re asking the following:

✅ If you’re already a supporter — find 2 friends to join you
✅ If you’re new — be one of the 2 for someone else

💡 Over the next few days, we’ll share the 3 main ways to give:
1️⃣ Sponsor a child
2️⃣ Support vocational training
3️⃣ Fund infant rescue

📧 To take part or find out more: message here or email [email protected]

Let’s keep growing — 2gether. 💚

09/08/2025

Six reflections on a Malawi debut visit by Aileen Brown...

I visited Malawi for the first time in October 2024. Malawi is known as the warm heart of Africa and it certainly lived up to it! From the moment we arrived we were welcomed with the hands that encapsulate the 'working hand in hand to beat poverty' tag line of Dalitso (photo 1).

Malawi is such a musical society and singing, dancing, clapping and devotions were a part of every day! (2)

Genuine care and listening to what is going on in the lives of the staff, their families and community is at the heart of Dalitso. (photo 3- meeting with guardians of the young people).

Listening to local feedback and ideas leads to change! Like the opening of the Dochas Medical Centre- (4 -with Medical Centre Staff).

Seeing God's provision for each need for the centre- (5- the abundant vegetable garden harvest).

And lastly, Malawi is an incredibly beautiful country (photos 6,7,8)

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08/08/2025

We shared this news with you at our recent AGM — now the wider community can read the full story. 💚

Margaret Birse’s generosity will fund a maternity hospital in rural Malawi, giving mothers and babies the chance of a safer birth for years to come.

Read The Courier’s article here ⬇️

An Arbroath woman is set to save the lives of countless mothers and babies.

07/08/2025

💰 AGM Update – Financial Report 💰

At this year’s AGM, we shared our financial report as part of the formal business.

Our spending continues to go directly to the work in Malawi — supporting children with food, education, healthcare and more. We’re deeply thankful to everyone who gives, fundraises, or supports us in any way.

A special moment this year was announcing the incredible legacy gift that will fund the maternity unit — a project years in the dreaming that is now becoming reality.

We remain committed to spending wisely and working transparently with our teams in Malawi.

📩 If you’d like a copy of the full accounts, just get in touch.

06/08/2025

🌱 AGM Update – Trustee Re-election 🌱

As part of our AGM business, all seven trustees were re-elected to continue their roles.

Our trustees work closely with our staff teams in Malawi — helping oversee budgets, support project planning, and ensure money is spent well and wisely. They stay in regular contact with our partners on the ground to keep everything aligned with our shared goals.

Together, we’re working hand in hand to beat poverty.