What is Malawi Underprivileged Mothers?
MUM's recipes was launched in 2005 after a one night shift in the Simpson's Maternity Unit in Edinburgh May 2005, Linda McDonald heard the stories and saw photographs of one of the worst maternity hospitals in Malawi. Babies dying daily, lying on a rack in a filthy sluice, and mothers were dying weekly due to lack of resources. It was shocking in this day and age and most shocking of all knowing their deaths were avoidable. Therefore Linda set out to try and help raise money for a better chance for these mothers and babies.
The Linda McDonald Charitable Trust was set up in October 2006 by law firm Lindsay's WS at Caledonian Exchange 19a Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8HE.
The Purpose of the Trust is to enhance maternity care at Bwaila (formally Bottom) hospital, Lilongwe in Malawi.
The Trustees are: Linda Ann Cross McDonald; Iain Grant McDonald; Barbara Ann Watt; Anne Elizabeth Findlay and Michael Stanley Robert Pringle, MSP.
The Charity is entered on the Scottish Charity Register as charity number SCO37759.