Indie rocker sends graduates on mission of mercy

16 Dec 2013 A group of newly qualified University of Manchester graduates are bidding for a Christmas number one, as they set off on a mission to build a school in East Africa - by teaming up with a top Indie drummer. Two Door Cinema Club's Ben Thompson performed with the charity - called the Mlambe Project - which is working with Mlambe village, Southern Malawi, to build a primary school for 480 children. The desperately needed school will be a boost for local teachers, who struggle to cope with around 97 pupils per class, though as many as 150 study in some lessons. The scheme uniquely aims to support students in their final two years of study, by helping them to design a project to work on when they graduate. Teaming up with children's charity Wings of Hope, it is the first scheme of its kind in the UK and the song - called Rolling On by Phil Hussey- will provide a welcome boost to their efforts. Adam Rutherford, from the band Machine People also plays bass. Project Manager Jamie Proctor, a Physics and Philosophy graduate from Sussex together with a group of friends - who were all at The University of Manchester - came up with the idea while studying.