MUMs' Last Big Challenge
- Submitted by: Alex Fergusson, Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party.
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2014
- Motion reference: S4M-11093
- Current status: Taken in the Chamber on Tuesday, 18 November 2014
That the Parliament notes the ongoing work of the charity, Malawi Underprivileged Mothers (MUMs), which was founded in 2005 by Linda McDonald, who worked in Edinburgh, to raise funds for improvements at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe; further notes the support that MUMs has given to Charity Salima and the Achikondi clinic, which is a maternity clinic established by Charity Salima using her own resources, which now helps to deliver between 40 and 50 babies per month, provide ante- and post-natal care to mothers and babies, runs an under-fives clinic and provides HIV testing and family planning advice; is concerned that the clinic’s privacy has been compromised, but notes that Charity Salima has begun to build a new purpose-built clinic with a 17-bed capacity; recognises that MUMs has launched a challenge to raise the £15,000 required to complete the clinic by the end of December 2014 and commends the charity pack that it has made available to individuals and organisations challenging them to raise £100 toward the target, and wishes Linda McDonald and everyone involved with MUMs every success in achieving their aim.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Jayne Baxter, Colin Beattie, Sarah Boyack, Gavin Brown, Roderick Campbell, Jackson Carlaw, Bruce Crawford, Graeme Dey, Nigel Don, Bob Doris, Annabelle Ewing, Patricia Ferguson, John Finnie, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Hugh Henry, Cara Hilton, Jim Hume, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Mike MacKenzie, John Mason, Margaret McCulloch, Mark McDonald, Jamie McGrigor, Siobhan McMahon, Anne McTaggart, Nanette Milne, Margaret Mitchell, Elaine Murray, Gil Paterson, Graeme Pearson, Dennis Robertson, Mary Scanlon, John Scott, Richard Simpson, Liz Smith, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Maureen Watt, Sandra White