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Updated on 17 March 2009

	DESKS AND TEXTBOOKS FOR NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL
		At the new secondary school at Kapanda, we need to supply locally made hardwood desks and textbooks for each student. A complete selection of textbooks for each student costs £80. The desks cost £25 each, and we need 300 desks.
	£8 £25	pays for one textbook pays for one desk (300 desks needed)

	TOYS AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR NURSERY SCHOOLS
		The children in the nursery schools have virtually no toys, books, pencils, crayons, paints, etc. We need funds to pay a local wood carver to make and maintain wooden toys for each nursery school. We are currently assisting six nursery schools with about 600 children..
	£5 £100 £200	pays for one small toy pays for a set of wooden toys made locally pays for two sets per nursery school

	LIBRARY BOOKS AND RUNNING COSTS
		We need money for secondary school textbooks and local language books which can be purchased in Malawi. We also need money to pay for the running costs of the library, which includes the salaries of the librarian and his two assistants.
	£8 £84 £2,000	pays for one book pays for a year's newspaper subscription annual budget to run the library

	SALARIES FOR 13 TRAINEE TEACHERS
		We need ongoing funding to pay the salaries of 13 trainee teachers at three primary schools in our area. These teachers supplement the Government teachers who would otherwise have to teach the students on their own.
	£40 £480 £6,240	pays for one teacher for one month pays for one teacher for a year pays for 13 teachers for a year

	SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR TOP STUDENTS
		There are some outstanding students who we believe would really benefit from a better education at a more expensive boarding school. Once the student has been selected, these fees will need to be paid for four years. Please be aware that school fees increase annually.
	£800	per student for the first year

	SECONDARY SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME
		RIPPLE Africa sponsors about 40 students on this programme at any one time. Although primary education is free, secondary education is not, and this programme is vital as many of the students would not be able to continue with their education without this assistance.
	£44 £1,760	per student per year for 40 students per year

	PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
		RIPPLE Africa is paying for two Health Surveillance Assistants to visit local churches each week and give a 15-minute talk followed by a 15-minute question and answer session on a variety of public health issues, including HIV, malaria, personal hygiene, nutrition, etc.
	£10 £500	per training session, including time and materials per year

	MAIZE AND VEGETABLE GARDENS PROJECT
		We need funding to help communities to set up maize and vegetable gardens. These gardens will be managed and run by local HIV/AIDS sufferers, and will provide food and income for the members and orphans. Previous projects have been very successful.
	£4 £45 £325	pays for one watering can pays for one wheelbarrow to set up the complete project

	BICYCLE AMBULANCES
		We want to raise enough money to buy bicycle ambulances at a cost of £230 each. They are a brilliantly simple idea, and, in the rural areas, they are the ideal solution to getting patients, particularly pregnant women, to the nearest health centre.
	£300 £3,000	each for 10 bicycle ambulances

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	HIV/AIDS AWARENESS PROGRAMME
		HIV/AIDS is a huge problem in Malawi, and we want to introduce a hard-hitting awareness programme. This programme will particularly focus on fishing communities along the lakeshore. It is common for young girls to have sex with fishermen in return for fish.
	£108 £7,500	pays the salaries of two trainers for one month per year (three-year programme)

	DRUG REVOLVING FUND
		Medicines are purchased from the District Pharmacy in Nkhata Bay and are sold to patients locally by trained volunteers. This money is then used to purchase medicines for the following month. We need funds for additional medicines and training to expand the programme.
	£5 £8 £650	pays for one mosquito net pays for basic medicines for 50 patients total amount needed

	COMMUNITY TREE NURSERIES
		In Malawi, an area of forest the size of a football pitch is cut down every 10 minutes. We want to open another 25 community tree nurseries. RIPPLE Africa supplies seeds, tubes, equipment, and training and awareness activities.
	£4 £1,000 £25,000	pays for one watering can pays for one community tree nursery total for 25 community tree nurseries

	INTEGRATED VEGETABLE, FRUIT AND LIVESTOCK
		Funds are needed to set up two integrated vegetable gardens — one at the secondary school, and the other in the community. These gardens will be an example to teach the community about improved food security and improved nutrition.
	£8 £25 £1,750	pays for one shovel pays for one goat pays for seeds, equipment, livestock, and training

	MOTORCYCLES URGENTLY NEEDED!
		Our environmental project covers 4,000 sq.km, and our supervisors desperately need new motorcycles. For the success of our tree planting programme, it is vital that the supervisors visit, train and monitor all the community tree nurseries in their area.
	£65 £3,500 £21,000	pays for one helmet pays for one motorcycle pays for six motorcycles

	BICYCLES FOR FOREST GUARDS
		More bicycles are urgently needed for the forest guards who sometimes have to travel 10-15km between their community tree nurseries. These forest guards are paid by the Forestry Department, and RIPPLE Africa provides them with bicycles to help them to do their job.
	£65 £1,300	pays for one bicycle pays for 20 bicycles

	BEEKEEPING
		We want to set up 100 small community beekeeping projects by providing micro-loans. This project will protect forests, provide honey, and give a sustainable income. The loan will include materials and training, and will be repaid over a two-year period, and then re-invested.
	£15 £300 £30,000	pays for one top bar beehive pays for 10 beehives, training and equipment pays for 100 beekeeping projects

	FISH FARMING
		Fish provide valuable protein for Malawians, but fish stocks in Lake Malawi have been drastically reduced. Commercial inland fish farming not only provides additional fish but also much needed incomes. Money would be loaned for two years, and then re-invested.
	£50 £120 £6,000	pays for 500 baby fish pays for fish feed for one year for one pond total funding required for eight ponds

	VEGETABLE GARDENS
		We want to encourage farmers to grow more vegetables, but this needs capital. Money is required for labour, equipment, seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides. Money will be loaned for one year, and then paid back and re-invested.
	£10 £40 £300	pays for 10 packets of seeds pays for one knapsack sprayer pays for a complete vegetable garden setup

	FUEL-EFFICIENT WOOD-BURNING CLAY STOVES (MBAULA)
		We are setting up small groups to make mbaula (fuel-efficient wood-burning clay stoves). These stoves use about 70% less wood than a conventional fire. We equip and train the groups, monitor progress, and then help with marketing the units.
	£80 £300 £3,000	pays for the construction of a kiln pays for an mbaula group setup plus training total funding required for 10 mbaula groups

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