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Jack McConnell’s charity which sends impoverished girls to school in Malawi will now be able to help more teens after volunteers helped raise £35,000. ‌

The former First Minister and his team from the McConnell International Foundation took part in Edinburgh’s Kilt Walk last week in a bid to gather cash for their Keep Girls In School scheme. ‌

Lord McConnell was first minister when his Scottish Government launched the Scotland Malawi Partnership 20 years ago. ‌

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The programme helps 200 girls in the east African country with scholarships to attend secondary school.

It aims to tackle the trend of teenagers dropping out of higher education due to pregnancy or poverty. ‌

Earlier this month, Scots millionaire businessman, Optical Express founder David M

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