BANA MBATOSE BREAKFAST CLUB

Who are we?

Hello and welcome to Kurya Ndiko Uku CBO, Malawi

CBO means Community Based Organisation and Kurya Ndiko Uku means ‘This is the way to eat’. Hospitality and nutrition are at the heart of everything we do. We are a group committed to helping our local community overcome poverty. You will find us near Mzimba, northern Malawi. And we have friends all over the world.

At the end of the day, CBO members sit on the mat with a cup of tea and a bun and sort everything out.

The mat has got bigger and bigger….…… it now stretches from the CBO members in Kazomba to Newcastle, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Derby, Liverpool, Dublin, Derry, as well as to friends in the USA and Japan. We talk and share, swap photos and videos, raise awareness and money so that, little by little, pachoko pachoko, we move forward.

You can find out more at pachokopachoko.com where you can contact the UK members for further details.

What do we need?

One of the first projects that the UK team supported was our on-site nursery. We provide breakfast and quality early years education for the under 7s. Our nursery is called BANA MBATOSE which means “They are all ours”.

Samantha says "Hi!"

In the last year children everywhere have been adversely affected by the pandemic and child hunger has been a focus for us all. The Catholic Primaries in Newcastle know all about this and wanted to join together to help us.

With schools closed, our little ones have lost their only daily hot meal. Our children are now turning up to the school building- often with their older siblings- looking to be fed. This can mean up to 150 hungry tummies.

Here’s where you come in. Elizabeth and Flora have a message........

Thank you.

You are changing people’s lives

every day.