00:33:48 Stuart Brown: Good evening. We'll be starting in a 5 minutes. Apologies for the delay due to Parliamentary business. 00:35:20 Natasha - The Scotland Malawi Partnership: Good evening all, here is the agenda for the evening 00:36:05 Dezie Trigu: Thanks for sharing the agenda 00:38:00 Natasha - The Scotland Malawi Partnership: Reacted to "Thanks for sharing t..." with 👍 00:38:09 Natasha - The Scotland Malawi Partnership: Please feel free to kindly disclose who you are and , the organisation you are with or any information you'd like to share for networking purposes. 00:39:32 Alistair: Hello everybody, I am Dr Alistair Tough, a retired university teacher from Glasgow 00:43:13 Jennifer Argent: Hi, I am Jenni Argent, an MSc student at the University of Edinburgh. My research interests are in climate change and humanitarian aid. 00:45:59 Angie, Mamie MartinTrustee: Hello, I am Angie Wynn, Co-convenor of the Mamie Martin Fund and looking forward to listening to Mercy Sibande our Country Director who is visiting Scotland and speaking later. 00:46:23 Ben Wilson - SCIAF: Hi everyone. I'm Ben Wilson, Advocacy Manager at SCIAF. Greetings from Glasgow. 00:47:06 Dalitso Muronya: Hie everyone, honour to all leaders present.Am Dalitso Muronya, social worker and Chairperson of Tigwirizane Community Based Organisation in Zomba, Malawi. 00:51:42 Stuart Brown: Please feel very welcome to put questions for Speakers in chat at any time and the Chair will seeks to come to them in the Q&A section 00:55:02 GRADY, Patrick: Monire mose! Patrick Grady MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Malawi in the UK Parliament. Thanks for the excellent presentation and please be assured of our support for rebuilding and recovery efforts. How far have people been displaced within the country? Have people who moved to camps gone to the closest camp in their region? Or have people travelled further across the country, perhaps to regions not directly hit by the cyclone? 00:59:59 Caroline Beaton: Kenyawi Kids: Evening, Caroline Beaton from Kenyawi Kids, based in Glasgow with Malawian orphan care partners in BT. Working closely with District and Govt Social Welfare. 01:01:12 Alistair: There are concerns about accountability and transparency in relation to the funds sought by the Government of Malawi. The National Records and Archives Service in Malawi has produced proposals for addressing these concerns 'Records Management Improvement Programme for Good Governance'. Similar measures in Botswana, Ghana and Tanzania have produced good results. Are parliamentarians and other participants interested in supporting this initiative? 01:06:17 Deborah Dixon (she/her): Hello - Prof Deborah Dixon, Geography, University of Glasgow, working with UNICEF on humanitarian technologies in Malawi. Thankyou so much for the presentation. 01:11:48 Eve Hartswood: Greetings from Eve Hartswood, visitor at Edinburgh University, Global Health: looking at church partnerships (Church of Scotland and CCAP Malawi) including health impact response toolkit for church networks and information sharing. eve@ed.ac.uk Some churches have maize mills that they have offered to process maize so that those who are displaced can receive processed maize flour (there are costs including transport from Blantyre, may suit Scottish agencies and church partnerships who wish to get maize to partner locations). Contact rev.picklenchafulumira@yahoo.com for more information. 01:14:07 Fatoumata Drammeh: Evening all - I'm Fatou Drammeh, Political Affairs officer at UNICEF UK. Greetings from Dundee! 01:20:30 Stuart Brown: Questions and comments welcome 01:26:26 Dalitso Muronya: Dear all leaders in Scotland,I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits. My name is Dalitso Muronya,a youth fellow of National Democratic Institute and chairperson of Tigwirizane Community Based Organisation in Zomba district,Malawi and I am reaching out to you on behalf of Tigwirizane cbo. We are committed to promoting community resilience and dis In light of the increasing and intensity of frequency aster recovery. natural disasters, Cyclone Anna and Cyclone Freddy, I would like you to connect and partner with us as Youth lead and community organization response. 01:26:55 Dalitso Muronya: . It is imperative that we work together with the diaspora community and all you , to unite with us and develop effective strategies for community disaster recovery. Please on clothes for winter , we have a project called Tulo ta gogo, I do need you to work with us please, link us at +265994963141 and dalitsomuronya@gmail.com.We firmly believe that collaboration and partnerships with esteemed leaders like yourself are key to achieving this goal. As youts organization we had relief items distribution in Zomba where we supported victims with sugar and salt. 01:28:01 Caroline Beaton: Kenyawi Kids: Deeply concerning reports about refugees being collected from townships and sent to Maula Prison for holding before going back to Dzaleka Refugee Camp (see todays post in https://www.facebook.com/inuaadvocacy) Is this coincidence when displacement camps are being closed down…? 01:37:49 Stuart Brown: Question is: How successful at increasing yields without environmental impact or reducing quality 01:37:52 Ben Wilson - SCIAF: There is a further £8m pledged from the Scottish Government to tackle climate impacts in Malawi through the Climate Just Communities project. The award of this grant has been anticipated for a long time - we are not clear why the money has not yet started to flow and what is causing the delay. It would be very welcome if the group would query the Scottish Government about this. 01:44:18 Alistair: Apologies, I must leave now. Many thanks and best wishes to one and all. 01:53:54 Dalitso Muronya: Great presentation Mercy 01:56:35 Angie, Mamie MartinTrustee: Mercy doesn't mention her own input to the girls' success. She provides vital emotional support and counselling when needed! 01:56:49 Alison Thewliss MP Glasgow Central: Reacted to "Mercy doesn't mentio…" with ❤️ 01:57:13 Hannah Wright: Reacted to "Mercy doesn't mentio..." with ❤️ 01:57:37 Fatoumata Drammeh: Reacted to "Mercy doesn't mentio..." with 👏 01:57:44 Dalitso Muronya: Reacted to "Mercy doesn't mentio..." with ❤️ 01:58:44 Angie, Mamie MartinTrustee: Mercy and I will be visiting Beath high next week. 01:59:23 Deborah Dixon (she/her): thank you all for organising the event and the presentations! 01:59:46 Alison Thewliss MP Glasgow Central: Thanks so much for all the presentations! 02:00:20 GRADY, Patrick: Thanks everyone, fantastic meeting. Alison Thewliss MP and Margaret Ferrier MP both also on the call from the APPG. Great cross-party and cross-parliament support! 02:00:59 Dezie Trigu: Wonderful presentations!! 02:01:02 GRADY, Patrick: We will have to look for some MGT down here... please also give our regards to the Rt Hon Speaker tomorrow 02:01:28 Dalitso Muronya: Please connect with us at Tigwirizane cbo -dalitsomuronya@gmail.com lets network more. good night 02:01:34 Fatoumata Drammeh: Thanks all! Great presentations. 02:02:08 The Scotland Malawi Partnership: Thank you all for joining. Pepani you are not here for the MGT.