100 ABSTRACTS - NUMBER 87 & ABSTRACT THURSDAY

As Mr. HCB has a day off from cricket today, and rather than driving around the countryside, because I felt he had done enough driving for the last couple of weeks, we decided to go to Jack’s for an early morning cup of coffee before going to Waitrose to do some shopping.

There were very few people at Jack’s, so Flo, the Manager, came over and had a chat with us.  We were talking about what would happen after next Monday;  we said that we weren’t happy about the fact that the wearing of masks would not be mandatory and said that we would still wear ours, especially if we were going shopping.  However, wearing one in a crowded place wouldn’t apply because we have decided that we won’t be going to any places where there are crowds of people!

I took several photographs in Jack’s using my SlowShutter App and they were quite good but on the way back to the car, I spotted this wall which had graffiti on it - and thought it was a ready-made abstract.  I do hope that by signing the photograph, you don’t think I was the perpetrator.  I have no idea what any of it means, if indeed it means anything, but at least I didn't have to do any fartnarkling today!  It is also a "Two for One" as the theme for Abstract Thursday is "Lines" and there are certainly plenty of lines in this shot.

This is Number 87 in my 100 Abstracts Challenge to raise awareness of the Mamie Martin Fund, which enables girls in North Malawi to obtain a good secondary school education.  As I only have 13 more abstracts to go to reach my 100, I have decided to remind those reading and myself about some of the girls the Fund has helped:

FERIG :  received help from the Mamie Martin Fund between 2011 and 2015. She lived with her mother after her father died, but her mother struggled to pay school fees for her, so Ferig was on the verge of dropping out of school.  However, thanks to the MMF she was able to finish her secondary education.

Ferig then studied at the Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources and pursued a degree course in Agribusiness. She believes that with her career she can help the nation in the agriculture sector in that she will civic educate local farmers in the modern ways of farming in order to earn high yields that will, in turn, help them achieve food security and also realise a surplus that would be sold and earn money.

Ferig has a passion for girl child empowerment.  As with many of the girls helped by the MMF, she vows that she will act as a role model and have talks with girls to press on despite the poverty that they face.  She will also encourage them to  remain in school so that they can become women who will almost certainly change the face of Malawi in the future.

We all need people in our lives 
     who raise our standards, 
          remind us of our essential purpose, 
               and challenge us to become 
                    the best version of ourselves.”
Matthew Kelly : 
The Rhythm of Life: Living Every Day with Passion and Purpose

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