# FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140578
- **Other names:** FOSCIM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 24, 2011
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1140578


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (UK) LLP, RUTLAND HOUSE, 148 EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B3 2JR
- **Phone:** 0845 539 3672
- **Email:** info@foscim.org
- **Website:** www.friendsofsickchildreninmalawi.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN IN MALAWI BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIESTO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHILDREN&#x27;S HEALTH BY THE DISSEMINATION OF HEALTH INFORMATIONTO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN CHILDREN&#x27;S MEDICINE BY PAYING OR CONTRIBUTING TO THE COSTS OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS

**Activities:** Friends of Sick Children in Malawi aims to improve the healthcare and well being of children in Malawi. Donations pay for paediatric nurses, clinical officers and related staff who each year treat some 100,000 of the world&#x27;s poorest children; contribute to training and education; buy medical equipment and supplies; provide wheelchairs and other orthotic devices for children with mobility issues.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** MALAWI.
- Malawi





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **GORDON COWIE MBE** | Chair | Dec. 22, 2009 |
| ALEXIS MARY COWIE |  | Aug. 24, 2012 |
| PROFESSOR ELIZABETH MARGARET MOLYNEUX OBE |  | Dec. 1, 2010 |
| STUART JAMES REYNOLDS |  | Dec. 22, 2009 |




