Every year Royal Holloway University, London brings a group of 30-40 students Malawi for a weeks study trip. Students interested in development processes can examine the role of international aid and NGOs, as well as community-based initiatives and state-led education, health and infrastructure programmes.
Day to Day Itinerary: Geography Field Study Trip, Southern Malawi.
Travellers Diary
Royal Holloway University, London.
Geography Field Study Trip, Malawi. March 2016.
The Malawi fieldtrip is based in Mulanje in the south-east of the country. This location provides students will the opportunity to investigate a range of human, physical and environmental geography topics. Students interested in development processes can examine the role of international aid and NGOs, as well as community-based initiatives and state-led education, health and infrastructure programmes. Students have also examined the social and cultural dimensions of Mulanje’s insertion into global commodity chains, for products such as clothing, and how forms of identity are shifting with the circulation of goods, ideas and people. Being based in the Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve allows students to investigate conservation practices, as well as to study vegetation, water and soil. In some cases these projects consider links to human activities, such as agriculture, while in others the studies are based completely on physical factors.
The fieldtrip lasts ten days, but requires significant pre-trip preparation. Students work in groups of four on related but independent projects which are assessed through a 6,000 word report. Each group has a local guide to provide support in the field as well as a RHUL staff member as an advisor.
Royal Holloway Geography Department return every year to Malawi.
Press Link:https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/geography/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/fieldcourses/malawi.aspx
Youtube film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qpgD6UCj-8
Harry (10) and Tom (8) travelled to Malawi with their father and grandmother in half term this October 2017. The purpose of the trip was to understand the Malawi way of life and to put solar power and mosquito nets into a local school.
In the summer of 2016, a group from 25th Stirling (Dunblane) Boys' Brigade travelled to Malawi to renovate classrooms in two local primary schools in the district of Mulanje. They travelled with RSC partner charity Classrooms for Malawi - a Scottish charity who rebuild and renovate classrooms in Malawi using local paid builders and volunteers from Scotland.
Raising money for your charity can be a family affair - as shown by an inspirational group of families who brought their children to Malawi to learn first-hand the challenges of rural communities and get involved in a special challenge of their own!
An eight-day learning trip to Malawi during university spring break. Each year University of North Carolina bring a group of 12 students to Malawi as the culmination of their spring semester social work course “NGOs and Social Development in Malawi.” Unlike traditional study abroad programs which primarily focus on cultural immersion, this class requires undergrad and graduate students from a mix of disciplines -social work, public health, exercise science and business administration - to put their knowledge of international social work practices to use in an unfamiliar culture.