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African students and their friends and families have raised $9,500 for schools in Malawi.Last month, they hosted a day of sports and fun on Riley Oval with volleyball, soccer, petanque, novelty games, a sausage sizzle, face painting, robot activities and a stall selling African crafts and curios.

The day was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Crawley, the African Students Union and the Community of Malawians in Perth, with the support of the Vice-Chancellery.

Funds were raised for two schools in Malawi and will go towards science education at Nkhomboli Community Day Secondary School in Rumphi, and youth leadership at Mzuzu Academy.

Uranium miners Paladin Energy with headquarters in Subiaco and a mine in Malawi, contributed $5,000 towards the project. Other donors were Globe Metals and Mining, soon to operate a niobium plant in Malawi, Aurecon Group and McRae Investments

Rotary of Crawley meets every Thursday morning at the University Club. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Paul Johnson, is the Patron. It is a progressive branch with many young people and women among its members. Its president, UWA graduate Holly Ransom, is the 2012 Western Australian Youth of the Year.

Published in UWA News , 12 November 2012