I know many people are interested in bringing Malawi into the classroom and so I have devised a photocopiable resource pack which I hope will help you do so. During my time in country I took many photographs, collected children's illustrations of everyday life, copied extracts from local news, collected local stories and beliefs from the villages and collected statistics to compile this resource pack. The units are designed around standard topics we teach in most schools and so can be integrated alongside your topic or used as stand alone units. It will add an element to your Global Education Programme and is invaluable for schools who have links or who wish to have a partner school in Malawi.

Having taught infants, middle primary and senior primary I know how time consuming it can be to make these things and I hope this makes it easier for you and interesting for your pupils. Please note this is not a laminated, professional pack merely a bank of photocopiable worksheets made by a teacher for a teacher.

The contents are as follows

• 2 units for use at infant level covering HOUSES and HOMES, TOYS
• 2 units for middle primary covering TRANSPORT and SCHOOLS
• 2 units for senior primary covering FOOD and HEALTH
• A CD-Rom with around 250 photographs relating to the above units for teachers to use as appropriate.
• A 'home made' DVD' with 2 Malawian children presenting 'A day in their lives'

Each unit contains pupil photocopiable worksheets and approximately 6-10 lessons with a suggested topic outline. Please note the DVD is home made so the quality is not of a high standard but I was sleeping on the mud floor, collecting firewood and fetching water at 5am so it is good given the circumstances (I'm not a morning person and certainly not a 5am morning person!). There is some traditional music and an edited fact file at the beginning which is nice and lively and provides information for the older children - it does give a fairly good view of the children's daily lives.

The cost of the pack is £55  with a £5 donation going directly back into primary schools in Zomba District, Southern Malawi where I worked (No handling fees disappearing or high ranking officials salaries to be paid - it goes directly to the school). There is also a orphan schooling programme I would like to contribute to so if sales go well that would be my next target. Please pass this information on to anyone else who may be interested. To purchase click the button, download the order form and post.

Otherwise, thanks for looking and you can contact me by email on  tina.deans@btopenworld.com