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 – […]

Progress so far

Lesley Curtis

It never gets easier to accept, but from the bottom of our hearts we want to thank you for all of your continued support throughout these years. 💙 We have achieved so much with R World in his memory, and we know he’d be so grateful to everyone who has played a part in this journey. From runs, cycles, and moustache growing, to funding first aid for mental health training for over 50 lecturers and teachers. Not only this, but we have now built a community library in Chitimba, Malawi. Our next goal is to raise £3500 to fill the […]

Two Worlds Meet

Lesley Curtis

Last month Robbie’s mum Lesley, the founder of R World, embarked on an incredible adventure to Malawi to see the incredible work that the Brown Munthali Foundation have been doing in the village of Chitimba. Lesley was given a warm welcome from Brown and the community; greeted with a ceremony to celebrate her arrival. She was lucky enough to spend time with the lovely community, visit the site of the library that we have been raising funds for and see the progress of the development first hand. Lesley also went to the tree that has been planted in Robbie’s memory […]

Library Construction

Lesley Curtis

I (Lesley Curtis with Caroline Freeland) am raising money to build a library in a remote region of Malawi where Brown Munthali, certainly the most driven but poorest man I have ever known, has set up an orphanage and is responsible for housing, feeding and educating over 70 orphans and vulnerable children. Faced with poverty and escalating prices as well as natural disasters, the most recent being Cyclone Freddy which killed 4 orphans and destroyed his crops, he bounces back every time to achieve his vision for the future. Without a decent education, he knows the future is bleak for […]