Events

Only 5240 miles to go!!

Lesley Curtis

A few days in and Harv, Seamus and Tom are already finding their stride, walking sticks and all. The boys set off on Tuesday to run round Britain’s coastline through the depths of winter, raising money for their Keep the Light On campaign to support R World’s mental health projects in Robbie’s memory. They’ve already raised over £2,000. Thank you to everyone who has donated so far 💙 Follow their journey live using the tracker in @wintermissionbritain’s bio, and donate here: https://tinyurl.com/v5dtnsk5

2000 books and 6 computers arrive in Chitimba from R World

Lesley Curtis

The books and computers arrive On 20/06/2025, 2050 books and 6 computers arrived in Chitimba having set off from Canterbury in February 2025. What a journey. Instead of them arriving at a port near Malawi, preferably in Tanzania or Mozambique, Books2Africa sent them to Durban in South Africa! They therefore have travelled by road through Zimbabwe and Mozambique and arrived in Blantyre, 505 miles and over 13 hours away from the final destination of Chitimba. Brown has had to negotiate with the authorities to exempt the Brown Munthali Foundation from the extortionate duty the customs authorities wanted to charge – […]