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Further Scottish Government Funding
Scottish non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Malawi are to receive more than £1 million of international development funding from the Scottish Government to continue their work.
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture Linda Fabiani announced a further £1,084,035 from the International Development Fund to support nine projects which address issues such as improving healthcare provision (particularly maternal and neonatal health), access to education for excluded groups, and sustainable livelihoods.
This latest round of Scottish Government funding for Malawi has identified and funded projects that deal with the priority areas agreed between the Scottish and Malawian Governments. All funding goes direct to established NGOs in Scotland that are already working with partners in Malawi.
Linda Fabiani said:
"We are enabling Scottish organisations in Malawi to further develop programmes which address the specific priority areas we have agreed with the Malawian Government.
"With some of the highest rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in the world, the situation in Malawi is desperate. Many of the programmes we are supporting in this funding round are working to help address these issues and make a real difference to ordinary people.
"The value to the people of Malawi of these projects cannot be overestimated. Scottish NGOs are helping the most vulnerable members of Malawian society.
"Rightly, there is cross-party support in the Scottish Parliament for our International Development Fund. There is a dedication to maintaining and developing our special relationship with Malawi and ensuring the valuable work of Scottish NGOs continues."
Tearfund is one of the organisations whose projects are benefitting from Scottish Government support in this funding round. The project will work with local communities to create opportunities for girls to access education and employment, and to reduce cultural and religious practices which disadvantage girls.
Speaking about the work supported by the Scottish Government, Pete Chirnside, Tearfund National Manager, said:
"With funding from the Scottish Government, Tearfund has supported Chisomo in Malawi to help rescue children from the dangers of living on the streets. They have been able to arrange for children, where possible, to safely return home, arrange for them to go to school, and assist them into small employment schemes.
"The support and assistance we have received exceeds my expectation of what it meant to receive funding from the Scottish Government. We are grateful for their support, networking and encouragement, which have helped to make this work in Malawi so successful."
Overview of programmes being supported:
* University of Stirling: to provide business and technical training to encourage and enable entrepreneurship in aquaculture, contributing to food security and sustainable livelihoods.
* Church of Scotland World Mission: to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, focussing on training of health workers to speed up the referral process
* University of Strathclyde: to build on an existing project to establish a maternal health and safe motherhood programme, with the aims of decreasing maternal mortality and helping women access health services
* Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Scotland: aiming to reduce maternal mortality via training in emergency obstetric skills for health professionals, including one-day seminars in rural areas
* Christian Blind Mission: training eye care workers to train colleagues, helping to build sustainable eye care services
* Adam Smith College (consortium of 10 colleges): training for Malawian college staff to identify/deliver skills-based training
* The Healthy Lifestyle Project (through Coatbridge High School): Scottish teachers and health professionals to assist their Malawian partners to motivate and empower girls to access and successfully complete their education
* Sense Scotland: supporting and promoting best practice in education of deaf and blind children to increase the number accessing education, and the number of courses available
* Tearfund: working to empower girls to protect themselves against abuse and exploitation.
According to the Department for International Development (DFID) /World Health report, in Malawi, 807 per 100,000 women die during childbirth(compared to 11 per 100,000 in UK) and 133 per 1,000 children die before age 5 (6 per 1,000 in UK). Source: Department for International Development (DFID)/World Health report:
The Scottish Government has doubled the International Development Fund to £6 million, providing support to many of the poorest countries in the world.
A minimum of £3 million per year is ring-fenced from within this allocation for our engagement with Malawi. Today's announcement takes funding for Malawi in 2008-09 to £4,239,734
The priorities for Malawi, agreed between the Scottish and Malawi Governments are: Education, Health, Sustainable Economic Development, and Civic Governance and Society
The following organisations have received funding:
INSTITUTE OF AQUACULTURE at UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, will build on a previously successful Scottish Government funded project to provide training on the business and technical skills required to encourage and enable entrepreneurship in aquaculture, contributing to sustainable livelihoods and food security. Working with the University of Malawi and Bunda College of Agriculture, the project will provide accredited qualifications to enable commercialisation of small holder aquaculture ventures, and provide networking opportunities, support, and advice on accessing markets and secondary producers.
Total award: 2008-09 - £241,100
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND WORLD MISSION, will work with Nkhoma Synod and the Malawi Ministry of Health to decrease maternal mortality in the Nathenje area by increasing community awareness of maternal health and empowering women to access health services. The project will strengthen and speed up the referral process for women experiencing complications in childbirth by providing training for traditional birth attendants as well as providing ambulance transport (primarily bicycle ambulance), enabling women to get to a hospital much faster than they would otherwise be able to. The project will also improve health care at health centres by providing training for health professionals and modernising IT systems. Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, and this project meets a key priority area identified by the Government of Malawi.
Total award: 2008-09 - £265,405
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE will build on an existing successful project in the Chikwawa District to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. By working with the District Health Office and the Ministry of Health, the programme will specifically focus on training health workers to enable them to effectively implement maternal health and safe motherhood programmes. The project will establish a maternal health and safe motherhood task force as well as running both meetings and open forum discussions on women's issues. Community training will be undertaken in maternal health and gender equality and finally, the project will improve water, sanitation and antenatal teaching facilities at health centres.
Total award: 2008-09 - £61,530
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT IN OBSTETRICS (ALSO) SCOTLAND builds upon a previous Scottish Government funded project which aims to reduce maternal mortality by providing internationally accredited training in emergency obstetric skills for health professionals. The programme will also deliver one-day emergency skills seminars in the more rural areas of Malawi. Much of the training will be delivered by Malawian instructors trained previously by this programme, thereby establishing an instructor base of health professionals based in Malawi, which will contribute to the sustainability of this project.
Total award: 2008-09 - £110,000
CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION builds on a previously successful project and will work with the Malawi College of Health Sciences and other partners to build the capacity for specialist eye care services in Malawi through the support of Scottish hospitals. The cornerstone of the project is the training of eye care workers of all grades so that they can use their skills and knowledge to train others and ensure sustainability.
Total award: 2008-09 - £75,800
ADAM SMITH COLLEGE(on behalf of a consortium of 10 Scottish Colleges International (SCI) members). This project builds upon the current Scotland-Malawi Vocational Colleges Capacity Building Partnership project previously funded by the Scottish Government. It will provide a framework and methodology among the colleges, employment sector and Government of Malawi Ministries to help develop a college curriculum to increase the transition of young people into employment and enterprise. It will equip staff in Malawian vocational colleges with the skills to identify and deliver skills-based training to students, by piloting Training Needs Analysis (TNA) as a means of introducing skills planning to stakeholders and further the development of College-employer relationships.
Total award: 2008-09 - £130,800
THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROJECT (through Coatbridge High School) Aiming Higher in Malawi. This project builds on work previously funded from the International Development Fund. Scottish teachers and health professionals will assist their Malawian partners to encourage, inspire, motivate and empower more girls to access and successfully complete their education. The project will use an integrated holistic strategy to support girls' education, through this they will sensitise parents and communities to recognise the value of educating girls. They will also extend their successful Mothers Group to more schools in the education community.
Total award: 2008-09 - £50,000
SENSE SCOTLAND ( MalawiDeaf/Deafblind Education). This project will build on the work of the currently funded Deaf Action Project to increase the number of Deaf and Deaf-blind children accessing school, community and peripatetic education services by increasing the number of courses available. The project will work with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology in Malawi, the Malawian organisations representing people involved with Deafness and Hearing Impairment and identified mainstream schools across three regions to support and promote best practice in the education of deaf and multi sensory impaired children.
Total award: 2008-09 - £34,937
TEARFUND ( Empowerment of girls through increased access to education: a long term response to HIV and AIDS in Iponga-Karonga). This project builds on previous and current successful Scottish Government funded work by Tearfund and will work to empower girls in the Karonga-Iponga area to protect themselves against various forms of abuse and exploitation which force them to drop out of school and leave them vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. This project will work with local communities to create and sustain opportunities for girls to access education and to reduce cultural and religious practices that negatively affect girls. They will train community and church leaders in advocacy, lobbying, and girls and child rights, and will involve parents, church leaders and community leaders to provide for continuity of project activities.
Total award: 2008-09 - £112,800.60
Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture Linda Fabiani announced a further £1,084,035 from the International Development Fund to support nine projects which address issues such as improving healthcare provision (particularly maternal and neonatal health), access to education for excluded groups, and sustainable livelihoods.
This latest round of Scottish Government funding for Malawi has identified and funded projects that deal with the priority areas agreed between the Scottish and Malawian Governments. All funding goes direct to established NGOs in Scotland that are already working with partners in Malawi.
Linda Fabiani said:
"We are enabling Scottish organisations in Malawi to further develop programmes which address the specific priority areas we have agreed with the Malawian Government.
"With some of the highest rates of maternal and neonatal mortality in the world, the situation in Malawi is desperate. Many of the programmes we are supporting in this funding round are working to help address these issues and make a real difference to ordinary people.
"The value to the people of Malawi of these projects cannot be overestimated. Scottish NGOs are helping the most vulnerable members of Malawian society.
"Rightly, there is cross-party support in the Scottish Parliament for our International Development Fund. There is a dedication to maintaining and developing our special relationship with Malawi and ensuring the valuable work of Scottish NGOs continues."
Tearfund is one of the organisations whose projects are benefitting from Scottish Government support in this funding round. The project will work with local communities to create opportunities for girls to access education and employment, and to reduce cultural and religious practices which disadvantage girls.
Speaking about the work supported by the Scottish Government, Pete Chirnside, Tearfund National Manager, said:
"With funding from the Scottish Government, Tearfund has supported Chisomo in Malawi to help rescue children from the dangers of living on the streets. They have been able to arrange for children, where possible, to safely return home, arrange for them to go to school, and assist them into small employment schemes.
"The support and assistance we have received exceeds my expectation of what it meant to receive funding from the Scottish Government. We are grateful for their support, networking and encouragement, which have helped to make this work in Malawi so successful."
Overview of programmes being supported:
* University of Stirling: to provide business and technical training to encourage and enable entrepreneurship in aquaculture, contributing to food security and sustainable livelihoods.
* Church of Scotland World Mission: to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, focussing on training of health workers to speed up the referral process
* University of Strathclyde: to build on an existing project to establish a maternal health and safe motherhood programme, with the aims of decreasing maternal mortality and helping women access health services
* Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Scotland: aiming to reduce maternal mortality via training in emergency obstetric skills for health professionals, including one-day seminars in rural areas
* Christian Blind Mission: training eye care workers to train colleagues, helping to build sustainable eye care services
* Adam Smith College (consortium of 10 colleges): training for Malawian college staff to identify/deliver skills-based training
* The Healthy Lifestyle Project (through Coatbridge High School): Scottish teachers and health professionals to assist their Malawian partners to motivate and empower girls to access and successfully complete their education
* Sense Scotland: supporting and promoting best practice in education of deaf and blind children to increase the number accessing education, and the number of courses available
* Tearfund: working to empower girls to protect themselves against abuse and exploitation.
According to the Department for International Development (DFID) /World Health report, in Malawi, 807 per 100,000 women die during childbirth(compared to 11 per 100,000 in UK) and 133 per 1,000 children die before age 5 (6 per 1,000 in UK). Source: Department for International Development (DFID)/World Health report:
The Scottish Government has doubled the International Development Fund to £6 million, providing support to many of the poorest countries in the world.
A minimum of £3 million per year is ring-fenced from within this allocation for our engagement with Malawi. Today's announcement takes funding for Malawi in 2008-09 to £4,239,734
The priorities for Malawi, agreed between the Scottish and Malawi Governments are: Education, Health, Sustainable Economic Development, and Civic Governance and Society
The following organisations have received funding:
INSTITUTE OF AQUACULTURE at UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING, will build on a previously successful Scottish Government funded project to provide training on the business and technical skills required to encourage and enable entrepreneurship in aquaculture, contributing to sustainable livelihoods and food security. Working with the University of Malawi and Bunda College of Agriculture, the project will provide accredited qualifications to enable commercialisation of small holder aquaculture ventures, and provide networking opportunities, support, and advice on accessing markets and secondary producers.
Total award: 2008-09 - £241,100
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND WORLD MISSION, will work with Nkhoma Synod and the Malawi Ministry of Health to decrease maternal mortality in the Nathenje area by increasing community awareness of maternal health and empowering women to access health services. The project will strengthen and speed up the referral process for women experiencing complications in childbirth by providing training for traditional birth attendants as well as providing ambulance transport (primarily bicycle ambulance), enabling women to get to a hospital much faster than they would otherwise be able to. The project will also improve health care at health centres by providing training for health professionals and modernising IT systems. Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, and this project meets a key priority area identified by the Government of Malawi.
Total award: 2008-09 - £265,405
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE will build on an existing successful project in the Chikwawa District to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. By working with the District Health Office and the Ministry of Health, the programme will specifically focus on training health workers to enable them to effectively implement maternal health and safe motherhood programmes. The project will establish a maternal health and safe motherhood task force as well as running both meetings and open forum discussions on women's issues. Community training will be undertaken in maternal health and gender equality and finally, the project will improve water, sanitation and antenatal teaching facilities at health centres.
Total award: 2008-09 - £61,530
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT IN OBSTETRICS (ALSO) SCOTLAND builds upon a previous Scottish Government funded project which aims to reduce maternal mortality by providing internationally accredited training in emergency obstetric skills for health professionals. The programme will also deliver one-day emergency skills seminars in the more rural areas of Malawi. Much of the training will be delivered by Malawian instructors trained previously by this programme, thereby establishing an instructor base of health professionals based in Malawi, which will contribute to the sustainability of this project.
Total award: 2008-09 - £110,000
CHRISTIAN BLIND MISSION builds on a previously successful project and will work with the Malawi College of Health Sciences and other partners to build the capacity for specialist eye care services in Malawi through the support of Scottish hospitals. The cornerstone of the project is the training of eye care workers of all grades so that they can use their skills and knowledge to train others and ensure sustainability.
Total award: 2008-09 - £75,800
ADAM SMITH COLLEGE(on behalf of a consortium of 10 Scottish Colleges International (SCI) members). This project builds upon the current Scotland-Malawi Vocational Colleges Capacity Building Partnership project previously funded by the Scottish Government. It will provide a framework and methodology among the colleges, employment sector and Government of Malawi Ministries to help develop a college curriculum to increase the transition of young people into employment and enterprise. It will equip staff in Malawian vocational colleges with the skills to identify and deliver skills-based training to students, by piloting Training Needs Analysis (TNA) as a means of introducing skills planning to stakeholders and further the development of College-employer relationships.
Total award: 2008-09 - £130,800
THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE PROJECT (through Coatbridge High School) Aiming Higher in Malawi. This project builds on work previously funded from the International Development Fund. Scottish teachers and health professionals will assist their Malawian partners to encourage, inspire, motivate and empower more girls to access and successfully complete their education. The project will use an integrated holistic strategy to support girls' education, through this they will sensitise parents and communities to recognise the value of educating girls. They will also extend their successful Mothers Group to more schools in the education community.
Total award: 2008-09 - £50,000
SENSE SCOTLAND ( MalawiDeaf/Deafblind Education). This project will build on the work of the currently funded Deaf Action Project to increase the number of Deaf and Deaf-blind children accessing school, community and peripatetic education services by increasing the number of courses available. The project will work with the Ministry of Education Science and Technology in Malawi, the Malawian organisations representing people involved with Deafness and Hearing Impairment and identified mainstream schools across three regions to support and promote best practice in the education of deaf and multi sensory impaired children.
Total award: 2008-09 - £34,937
TEARFUND ( Empowerment of girls through increased access to education: a long term response to HIV and AIDS in Iponga-Karonga). This project builds on previous and current successful Scottish Government funded work by Tearfund and will work to empower girls in the Karonga-Iponga area to protect themselves against various forms of abuse and exploitation which force them to drop out of school and leave them vulnerable to HIV and AIDS. This project will work with local communities to create and sustain opportunities for girls to access education and to reduce cultural and religious practices that negatively affect girls. They will train community and church leaders in advocacy, lobbying, and girls and child rights, and will involve parents, church leaders and community leaders to provide for continuity of project activities.
Total award: 2008-09 - £112,800.60
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