I have known Lindy Misomali since she was a toddler. She is the daughter of my good friend, Debra Potani, and the great granddaughter of Homba Mbekeani, my Malawi mother who sadly died in July 2019, aged 92.

Homba would be very proud to see Lindy graduate. She was a champion of girls’ education long before it was mainstream. She was a Xhosa princess and grew up in the Eastern Cape. She went to the same secondary school as Mandela (though a few years after him), but at 90 was still angry that as a girl all she was allowed to consider as a career was teaching or nursing. She wanted to be a lawyer!

Lindy is studying Business Administration at DMI St John the Baptist University in Malawi and has successfully completed her first two years - with many thanks to my friends and family who sponsored her. And I am determined we will see her graduate in the summer of 2023.

Lindy is in her third year, and is about to start the second term. The fees are £660 and I have already raised £400 so just need another £260. If you can help at all, you will be supporting the next generation of young Malawi women to build their country. Thank you, and here's Lindy too.