The Freundeskreis Malawi und Städtepartnerschaft Hannover-Blantyre e.V. has been planning a large donation shipment to Malawi since fall 2020.
The association’s chairwoman, graduate engineer Silvia Hesse, would like to support the construction of a vocational school branch of the Jacaranda School there and called for donations for this purpose. The employees of the City of Hannover’s employment project “Tools for Africa”, headed by Aenne Meyer, helped with this.
In a relatively short time, a huge number of donations were received at the Hölderlinstraße base. A large number of private individuals and craft businesses took part, as did schools, the opera house, the pavilion and other cultural institutions. In addition, well over 100 bicycles in good condition and 120 solar modules with accessories were donated.
When we heard about this great project, we offered to sort the donations here in Stadtfeld, organize the packaging and prepare the freight and customs documents.
This work has now been completed and Mrs Hesse has applied to Engagement Global, a federal organization, for a transport subsidy. If this is approved, the goods can be loaded into a 40′ container and shipped.
