Hi All

Thanks to all the musicians, crew and all those who came to the Mary's Meals Music concert in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket. We had a great turn out of 800 or so and lots of money and awareness raised for the good work Mary's Meals do worldwide. Here is my picture blog charting the trip, I'll get some of the film footage of the children signing and dancing uploaded soon enough.

Colin

http://www.marysmeals.org

http://www.youtube.com/e/D8OTccvErA8
 

Addis Ababa airport

Ethiopian staff – we recognised them from the flight…

You could have a smoke and eat popcorn

What we thought was Malawi…

…turned out to be The Congo

The Congo 

Just as well our luggage wasn't here

Malawai 

Bosco! our driver

Lilongwe

Looking to Mozambigue

Dedza Pottery, stay for the night

Off again, to visit the first school, a Mary's Meals project

Balaka

 

St Augustines School, Balaka, Malawi

The porridge cans

 

Frenzy of amazing tribal singing, welcoming us

The show begins…

The headmistress

Classroom interior

Lucius Banda, Malawi's most successful musician, originally from Balaka

Overlooking Blantyre, Malawi

Downtown Blantyre

The market, Blantyre 'Hey white man!'

National wildlife park, Blantyre

It was 40 degrees, only later did we hear about the deadly Hyenas 

Blue monkey, I think…

Definite wildlife spot

Nelia, Mary's Meals under 6's co-ord, and Donald Shaw. 

Mkwanda School & orphanage 

The children stood to introduce themselves and then sung