A glimmer of hope. On the 12^th of September schools in Malawi re-opened and will remain open until the end of school term in December on a trial basis. During this time Seibo have been asked to continue providing ‘take-home’ food packs while the safety of returning to schools to cook is assessed.

Thanks to the kindness of Seibo supporters in Bulgaria, the UK & Japan our team have been busy providing families of each nursery & primary school student with 'take- home' packs. Ensuring every child gets a pack of their own is our priority and an honour made possible by your donations.

To provide food to everyone involves verifying information provided by parents with information registered at schools and must be carried out in the presence of Health Surveillance assistants and with assistance from the Malawi Red Cross and Seibo volunteers. In October alone the distribution of food packs at partner primary schools took 6 days to complete. Challenges were immense with many instances of undocumented learners and incomplete school records but no child was left behind- thanks to you!

We will continue to post stories from Malawi on the Seibo Japan Facebook page but words alone are not enough to portray the challenges that face the children of Malawi during these unprecedented times. Your contributions have saved lives and we are grateful as always but equally aware that more must be done. If you can help your donation no matter how small will make a huge difference.