Teacher will educate herself Malawi trip

A Gullane Primary School teacher is sacrificing her home comforts to spend a month educating kids in rural Malawi, Africa.

Val Travers is the first county teacher to take part in the Global Teachers programme, funded by Learning Teaching Scotland with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), which offers a once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience another country’s education system first-hand.

Part of a team of 14 Scottish teachers assigned to the impoverished southern African state, Mrs Travers departed on her incredible journey on Saturday and will spend the next four weeks living with a local family in a rural community in the Dedza District and teaching in Chimkombero Full Primary School.

“I’d like to thank members of the North Berwick Christian Fellowship, parents and colleagues from Gullane Primary School and friends and family who have made donations and supported me in preparing for the trip,” she said.

To make a donation to Val’s trip, visit www.justgiving.com/malawigt09valtravers

• Full story at the East Lothian Courier.

• Posted in Africa, Edinburgh + East, Overseas Aid