The building project begins! The MalDent Project Kamuzu University of Health Sciences UofG MVLS JohnMcAslan+Partners ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Malawi Partnership Centre For Parasitology Another important step - handover of the site of the new dental teaching facility / student hub to the contractor themaldentproject.com/2025/04/27/ano… via Jeremy Bagg

To all our partners, thank you!👏🏾

Congratulations to our very first cohort of home grown dentist👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🦷. A big thank you to everyone that has made this milestone possible. Cheers to the first of many!! Kamuzu University of Health Sciences ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow UofGDentalSchool UofG MVLS

Indeed a momentus day congratulations to all involved. In particular ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for funding the full The MalDent Project project & Jeremy Bagg for leading from University of Glasgow an amazing achievement that will truly make a difference for #Malawi 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇲🇼 🦷 Anton Muscatelli

Great video clip here from Kamuzu University of Health Sciences on Malawi’s first cohort of Malawi-educated dental graduates through their new Dental School, facilitated over last 7 years through the Maldent Project The MalDent Project

First Minister John Swinney announced this year’s Programme for Government, outlining his priorities of: 🔵growing the economy 🔵eradicating child poverty 🔵tackling the climate emergency 🔵ensuring high quality and sustainable public services gov.scot/programme-for-… #ScotPfG

“We will not turn our backs on those overseas who need assistance – keeping our promise to countries across the Global South to grow our international development budget to £15 million per annum and providing £1 million for humanitarian crises.” #ScotPfG

We were delighted to welcome Kamuzu University of Health Sciences to University of Glasgow to celebrate 20 years of partnership between Malawi and Scotland — past, present and future. 🇲🇼 Together with ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Scottish Higher Education institutions and the people of Malawi, we're proud to continue building a

We're setting up for our 80th Anniversary Service at St Giles' Cathedral! 💐 Are you joining us?

FM John Swinney addressed the audience at a service of thanksgiving to mark 80 years of @ChristianAidSco. The First Minister thanked Christian Aid for their tireless work across the Global South and reaffirmed @ScotGov commitment to invest in overseas development aid.

A big day for The MalDent Project! Kamuzu University of Health Sciences University of Glasgow Anton Muscatelli ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Malawi Partnership Mwapa BDA Centre For Parasitology UofGDentalSchool An historic milestone - Malawi graduates its first group of home-trained dentists themaldentproject.com/2025/05/18/an-… via Jeremy Bagg

Great partnership working between University of Glasgow UWC & Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland Malawi Partnership The MalDent Project University of Glasgow and University of Western Cape collaborate on a Flying Faculty week themaldentproject.com/2025/05/21/uni… via Jeremy Bagg

With £310,000 from ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿's Humanitarian Emergency Fund, cash transfers were provided to nearly 4,500 families in Zambia who were suffering from severe drought. 📸: Imelda and Maureen, farmers in Zambia, 2024

ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Marvis, whose family was supported by our partners, said: “The cash came when we had nothing left. My children hadn't eaten a proper meal in days. I was losing hope, but then the transfer came. It was like rain after a long drought. It came when we were at our breaking point.”

ScotGovID 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dorcus, who received support through this project, explained: “The cash transfer respected our ability to make decisions for ourselves even during a crisis. This respect meant as much to me as the assistance itself.”

Malawi is celebrating its first students to graduate with a dental degree thanks to a “milestone” project backed by the Scottish Government 👏 thenational.scot/news/25189561.…

External Affairs Secretary Angus Robertson celebrated a proud milestone for the #MalDentProject; the graduation of Malawi’s first home-trained dentists, supported by funding from Scottish Government. ▶️ ow.ly/iOM450W472A

🚨Writing for The National, John Swinney says he has written to Keir Starmer to help facilitate medical evacuations of injured Gazan children to Scotland "Scotland's world-class NHS stands ready to play our full part in their treatment" ✍️ thenational.scot/politics/25302…