Laboratory North View APU Project Manager Henry Mdyetseni and his locally-trained labour crew are working almost beyond their capacity to complete four parallel construction projects. Their goal is to complete these projects by Sept 2012. The science lab, begun in 2010, is now 75% complete. The funds for the completion of this building were recently Read more about Construction Update at APU Malawi[…]
On Sunday, June 3rd, APU graduate and Pearson College Scholar, Maness, and APU co-founder, Christie Johnson, attended the 2nd annual Women Helping Women Fundraiser in Victoria. It was a wonderful event hosted by an incredible group of women. Maness spoke passionately about the urgent need for access to further education for her classmates, the APU Read more about Women Helping Women Fundraiser[…]
Tania Stilson from the Rotary Club of Lethbridge has managed to collect 67 laptops for APU. She has arranged for them all to be ‘cleaned’ for free and is now working on figuring out how to get them to Malawi. Now we need to ensure that there is a classroom space to set these computers up in. Read more about Lethbridge Rotary Club donates laptops[…]
Here’s a summary of what’s been happening over the past little while: 1500 people heard presentations by Henry Mdetseni (Project Manager at APU in Malawi) and Christie Johnson (Executive Director, APU-MEF Canada) during the month of February. Hundreds of these people are current or past donors who were very eager to receive an update about Read more about Friend Development Committee Report, March 2012[…]
Henry outside the Victoria Legislature It has been a whirlwind of a month filled with speaking engagements, meetings, and fundraisers, with the occasional bit of recreation and pure fun thrown in! Everywhere we go the energy of APU supporters helps to motivate us and the growing momentum of support for our GIRLS ON THE MOVE Read more about APU TOUR – Day 26[…]
February 2012 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Henry arrives 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12:00 Royal Oak 6:00 Saanich RC 12:00 Oak Bay 6:30AM Harbourside 12:15 Sooke 6:30 SMUS 7:15 Sidney By The Sea 12:00 Victoria RC 7:00 Metchosin House 12:00 Westshore 8:15 H and C to Read more about APU Fundraising and Information Tour 2012[…]
It is with deep sadness we inform you of the death of APU Malawi’s greatest benefactor and friend, Agogo to all the girls at APU, Ken Haywood. Ken died in Edmonton on November 25th at the age of 83 years. An active Rotarian, Ken was moved by Christie and Memory’s desire to establish a secondary school for Read more about Goodbye Agogo – You will be missed[…]
Hello everyone, I have some wonderful news from Malawi to share. The results for the Form 4 National Exams, the MSCE (Malawi School Certificate of Education) have been released and I am thrilled to report that our Form 4 girls have achieved a 95% pass rate. The national pass rate was 54%. The national pass Read more about National Exam (MSCE) results out!!![…]
At our monthly APU Malawi Education Foundation board meeting, Maness read the following message to our board members. Maness graduated from APU in June 2011 and is currently studying at Pearson College in Victoria (http://www.pearsoncollege.ca ) on full scholarship. I, on my own behalf, and on behalf of APU students would like to sincerely Read more about Letter from Maness at Pearson College to all supporters[…]
After meeting Christie Johnson in 2003, I was amazed at the determination of this young Canadian teacher who decided she would help a group of Malawian girls after their Canadian-funded school closed its doors. I remember thinking, How can one person decide to do so much for so many and then succeed? Christie’s vision and Read more about In Their Own Words: The Girls of Atsikana Pa Ulendo Tell Their Stories[…]