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OPDU - Malawi Special Appeal 125th Anniversary for Thomas Miller
Thomas Miller invites you to support the Chauncy Maples Malawi Trust and change 500,000 people’s lives by renovating Africa's oldest motor ship as a primary health clinic.
What is this Project About?
Achieving this needs £2m
How will Chauncy Maples help?
Why does Lake Malawi need a clinic?
How will the project be a success?
How will the project be sustained in the long-term? We need:
Why is Thomas Miller involved?
How will the project be funded?
How can you help us make this happen?
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Please become part of this unique project
Celebrating 125 years Thomas Miller, the manager of OPDU, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. It was founded in 1885 to manage the UK P&I Club, one of the world’s largest marine insurers and we continue to do this today. In the last 20 years we have diversified our portfolio of business and in 1997 we launched OPDU. Over the past year we sought a way to celebrate this which would be imaginative, have the potential to do good and be of universal interest to our community, while having a mari-time flavour and thereby reflecting our roots. We found a unique project which meets all these objectives. Sponsoring Chauncy Maples - Lake Malawi's Clinic Chauncy Maples is Africa's oldest motor ship (built 1899 in Glasgow) and has sailed on Lake Malawi since. The Chauncy Maples Malawi Trust, a UK Charity, is raising £2m to renovate the ship as a primary health clinic on Lake Malawi, serving 500,000 of the world's poorest people who have little or no access to medicine. Thomas Miller has agreed to sponsor the project. The needs of lakeside Malawian people combined with the history of Chauncy Maples, not least how she got to Lake Malawi, make this a tremendous endeavour. This venture is high profile in Malawi and recently the President of Malawi publicly announced the project. Chauncy Maples herself is known to most Malawians and has played an important role in the history and development of Malawi. Thomas Miller donating £250,000 Thomas Miller is itself contributing £250,000 and is helping the charity raise the balance. As part of this we are seeking the support of our community - clubs, members, business partners and the suppliers of the equipment needed on the vessel. As we go to press, Thomas Miller’s community has already committed £250,000 - so we are already at £500,000 - a great start. £2 million needed - can you help? We urgently need your help now to raise £2m and make this project happen – the quicker we raise the money, the sooner we can improve the lives of lakeside Malawians. Sick people can't work; sick children can't learn. If you are interested in becoming involved, please contact Mark Holford: mark.holford@thomasmiller.com 020 7204 2350; Mark is Thomas Miller's Marketing Director and a trustee/fund raising director of the charity. Visit the site here: Thomas Miller’s new website at Any support which you can give will be very welcome and if you would like to
make a personal donation, please go to: Thank you Jonathan Bull |
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A brief history 1852-1895 Missionary Bishop Chauncy Maples 1899 Built in Glasgow for £13,500. Designed by Henry Brunel and Sir John
Barry
1899 Transported to Mozambique 1899 The boiler dragged by 450 tribesmen 1900 - 1901 Reassembled 1901 - 1957 School, Clinic and Church 1914 - 1918 Requisitioned 1951 Celebrating 50 years 1965 - 1992 Lake Ferry 1992 – 2009 Laid Up 2009 Hull inspection and survey 2012 Lake Malawi’s Clinic Laid-up |
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