The universal language of sport provides a wonderful opportunity for building relations and relieving hardship. But only if players have the necessary equipment - balls, goals, strips and footwear - to participate.

Thanks to the generosity of the sports clubs around Edinburgh and friends of WMP, including Netball for All, we have been able to take sporting equipment out each year to extend sport to more young people in Lilongwe, Mangochi, Kuti and Zomba.

And as you can see from the photos, we all look forward to comparing ball skills at the end of every school trip.