An Aberdeen charity has opened a training centre in Malawi following a fundraising drive.
The Kerusso Trust, which works to train rural church leaders and empower vulnerable people, opened the new facility after collecting £50,000.
The centre is located just outside Blantyre in the south of the country and contains training rooms and a library and will be used for education and development initiatives.
The opening ceremony took place on Saturday and was attended by Friday Jumbe – who served as Malawi’s finance minister between 2002 and 2004.
Jonathan Groves, co-founder of the Kerusso Trust, said: “For the last few years we have been working with one of our partners, J-Life Malawi, to train church leaders in rural areas.
“We are delighted that we will now be able to go one step further – we can select men and women from those we have been training, bring them to this new centre, and train them so they can go back home and teach others.
“The opening ceremony and dedication has brought our work of training church leaders to national attention across Malawi.
“The Kerusso Resource Centre will enable us to multiply the number of rural church leaders and young people who are equipped to serve in their churches and village communities across the nation.”
The project was made possible by donations from individuals, businesses and churches in Aberdeen.
Connex Ijalasi, country director of J-Life Malawi, said: “We are overwhelmed by the generosity of supporters of the Kerusso Trust.
“This new centre will help us bring about transformation in our local community and beyond.”
