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I am pleased to report that we have recently donated £1,300 to the Maramba Deanery with the request that £1,000 can be used to purchase more building materials for the new Maramba B church which has now reached the roof stage. The Jennifer Metcalfe Nursery School will benefit from the £300 to help purchase some urgently needed educational materials. These donations have been made possible by those kind people who continue to make contributions to the Maramba link for which we are most grateful

Last Sunday a fundraising service was held at Matemboni church to help provide money for yet another new church. This time my 'phone rang at 7.00 am just as I was putting on my dressing gown in readiness for making my morning mug of tea. Of course it was another WhatsApp video call asking me to join in the service. I immediately sent a quick written reply to say I'm sorry it wasn't convenient but I was then asked to write a message which could be read out to the congregation. This created a lot of excitement and the response was 'hatujambo shikamoo' a greeting which is normally used by younger people when saying hello to a significantly older person! The Maramba B church choir also took part in this service and I was sent a video of them in very colourful attire singing and dancing in their traditional infectious way.

We hadn't appreciated that Clement and his wife Ndina devoted a lot of time to looking after orphans with a particular interest in making sure they receive a good education. The photograph on the front cover shows two sisters, namely Glory and Veronica Lyangala with Clement and Ndina when they visited the Joel Bendora secondary school in the Korogwe District where the girls were being educated. We believe Clement and his wife also accommodate some of these poor children in their home. They certainly are an amazing couple.

Peter Metcalfe.