Kevin Simpson who is the Executive Director of Malawi Fruits​ paid us another welcome visit this evening following our fourth successful joint organising of the popular and lucrative Tayside Challenge Cycle Sportive which has raised almost £34,000 since its inception.

Kevin is the Executive Director of Malawi Fruits; a Scottish charity helping some of the world's poorest people in Malawi through loans and education, helping them to help themselves by growing a cash crop. His organisation is very involved in the upgrading of their farming practices including modernisation, irrigation and local processing of produce.

Although he originates from Broughty Ferry Kevin now lives in Wishaw.   For a day job he is the CEO of the Sottish Jewish Charity and is the first ever non-jew to run that charity.

Kevin is pictured (centre) presenting a photograph of one of the Malawi farmers with his solar-powered water pump.  He is accompanied by Steve Blackett on the left and last year's president Colin Moreland.   The Perth Kinnoull club was the first to purchase and donate a water pump a little over a year ago and since then, thanks to Kevin's powers of persuasion, Scottish Rotary clubs have donated a further 27 pumps.

We were also joined this evening by Elspeth Farmer who until recently was the Secretary of the Pitcairngreen Village Association for 11 years.

During the last four years she and her committee have given an enormous amount of support, help and advice during the running of the Tayside Challenge, when the Perth Kinnoull club "invades" the otherwise peaceful village of Pitcairngreen