Mick James

Gave up the rat race and now working on a volunteer basis on development projects in Zambia and Malawi. Treasurer of FPZ

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

@saforestry Great article

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

@naomigrimley enjoyed your article about Ghana’s nurses - do you want to talk about the many thousands of UNEMPLOYED nurses in Zambia excluded from work by WHO Red Lists?

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

@RonWheatcroft @Nigel_Farage Totally agree Ron

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Great to meet Rayjones from Seed Africa today. His start up is 18 months old and they have a fair price relationship with producers and processing and packaging connections. These guys would benefit from some Fair Trade Advice - can anyone step up? #fairtradescotland

[UN Women Malawi @unwomenmalawi]

#Malawi celebrated #InternationalWomensDay! today! We made a commitment to all our sisters around the country to support each other, believe in each other & empower each other. Together we speak up for equality. #IWD2020 #GenerationEquality

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Excellent meeting with Brave from Sunny Money #sunnymoney a great business, encouraging local entrepreneurs to bring well built low cost solar lighting into homes in rural Malawi - great work guys.

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Great day yesterday helping at a small community run Moringa Farm - this awesome plant grows quickly and provides a significant amount of vitamins and minerals which can be added to food.

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Met Shadreck from MASP yesterday. #masp. Here’s a footie tournament for girls he helped organise. Finalsusts both won re-usable sanitary pads from https://t.co/S43lmHZd1o - genius

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Great project helping farmers form co-operatives in production and processing allowing them to move up the value chain

[The Challenges Group @ChallengesGroup]

BOOK NOW. Join Phillip Chidawati of @Challenges_MW at this insightful discussion on Agriculture and Food Security, held with @ScotlandMalawi at Edinburgh City Chambers. Phillip will be sharing his experiences of managing Challenges CROPS Project
https://t.co/bLhIelsvxI
@ScotGovID

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

@nickblake1965 Love it - I hope you got back in touch

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Hero for today is Shupo. He leads Tafika, a grass roots community charity. They raised £60, bought seed and fertilizer, borrowed land and produced 130,000 meals for school kids! Astounding

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

@simonatcpb2011 @AndrewGMilburn @KevinCarrC @npowerhelp Good shout - we went there too

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Meet Blessing - he’s planted 4,000 trees this year with the help of #RippleAfrica - this is the front line of climate change

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Amazing meeting with Platwell today. The first time I have heard of anyone talking about how old people need support in Malawi. Really made me stop and think. Loneliness and isolation are not just a a western issue.

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Opening remarks at the Malawi Scotland Partnership annual conference “Result Based Reporting: Telling the Truth” great turnout inc Hon. Francis Kasaila Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation #smp #masp

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Talking to Malawi substance farmers yeaterday - the cruel irony that farmers are the ones who go hungry at this time of year. They have to sell their crop at harvest to pay their debts then they re-purchase at 2 to 4 times the sale cost in the hungry months.

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Paid 10p to go to the local footie match - brilliant. After a 2-2 draw including a pitch invasion by cows and another by 5 year olds going crazy after a disallowed goal it came down to penalties. This kick sealed the match ..

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Great story

[John MacPherson @JohnWMacPherson]

He'd lived for 25 years without experiencing anything like this, and it really moved him. 'Just' huge boulders smashing into each other by the sea. He talked about it often afterwards. Sometimes 'wild' experiences need not be exotic nor distant, and they can change people. 9/END

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Inspiration today. Chief Kachindamoto. Champion of women’s rights in her tribe of 900,000. Passing by-laws to make teenage pregnancies and under age marriage illegal. For 10 years, 100% of her salary is used to fund thousands of students at school. This is a Leader LEADING

[Mick James @ieuansdad]

Meet Bisani - acting CEO of Microloans Malawi - this guy has built a business lending small sums (eg £50) to the very poorest to help them set up a business. His defaults are c.3% and he has tens of thousands of clients who have benefited. My hero for today.