Our Partners
This project is a collaboration between Global Concerns Trust, Scottish Tools For Self Reliance (TFSR) workshops, The Malawi Council of the Handicapped (MACOHA) and The Ministry of Education (MOE) in Zomba and Chiradzulu Districts. The project is funded by the Scottish Government’s International Development Programme (2008-2011)
The Projects
In Scotland, good quality second-hand carpentry tools and old Singer sewing machines are donated to three TFSR participating workshops across Scotland, and refurbished by groups of volunteers, all adults with learning difficulties. These workshops are based at Centres run on Rudolf Steiner’s principles :
Garvald Factory in Edinburgh
Milltown Community near Arbuthnott, Aberdeenshire (link 2),
Camphill in Aberdeen (link 3 – to come).
The output is high quality refurbished tools ready for a long working life in Africa. Toolkits and sewing machines are then boxed and shipped to Malawi. The volunteers who refurbish the tools in Scotland have benefited equally from being involved with this project. Their motivation has been increased by having lots of photographs, information and feedback from the groups using the tools in Malawi. They are certainly proud to be involved in such a positive exchange between groups of adults with disabilities in two very distant and different countries, and to be part of the larger Scotland Malawi Partnership.