Month: Dec 2025

This year, skip the socks and surprise your loved ones with a truly boring Christmas present — a gift that funds an essential part of the new borehole water supply system for the Tikondane transit shelter for street children in Malawi!

Every contribution helps us reach the total project cost of MK 22,652,140 (approximately £10,000) for this hugely important water system.

£40 could buy part of the tank and pipes

£25 could buy a bag of cement. (We’ve said it before, but nothing says Christmas like a bag of cement)

£15 could buy all the brickforce wire needed

You can donate via justgiving.com/campaign/boring-christmas or directly into our bank account with the reference ‘Christmas’.

Once you have bought a boring Christmas present you can download a gift certificate to put under the tree.

We are pleased to announce our newest project: funding a borehole water supply system for Tikondane, the transit shelter in Malawi’s capital that NWT has supported since 2007.

Tikondane provides shelter, meals, counselling, and support to children who have been living on the streets. Tikondane’s social workers try to reunite the children with their extended families or their home village. On an average day, the shelter cares for about 25 children, and this number can rise to 60 during school holidays, serving over 700 children a year.

Currently, the project faces frequent water shortages, with the Lilongwe Water Board supply often being insufficient for the large number of children and day-to-day activities like cooking, washing, and cleaning. The transit shelter, which runs 24/7, views poor water supply as a risk that could lead to child sickness.

Our support will help fund the new borehole system, which will:

• Ensure proper care: Provide enough water for the proper care and safety of the children.
• Protect health: Help prevent the outbreak of diseases caused by water shortages.
• Support sustainability: Provide water for their demonstration vegetable garden and for soaking paper to make sustainable briquettes for cooking.
• Reduce costs: Help the project avoid high institutional water bills, freeing up funds for their main budget.

We are excited to help Tikondane secure this essential resource with your help, providing a reliable source of clean water and a healthier environment for the children in their care.