The Anne McNicholas Legacy Fund
The Anne McNicholas Legacy Fund, launched by the McNicholas family, honours Anne’s enduring spirit. She dedicated her life to supporting vulnerable children and mothers. This fund celebrates Anne's unwavering support for every child’s right to opportunity, health and
education.
The Legacy Fund will focus on initiatives close to Anne’s heart, providing essential resources
and nutritional support making it possible for children to grow in dignity, to access education
and to improve their lives.
The McNicholas family invite you to join them in contributing to the Legacy Fund, celebrating and honouring Anne’s life and work in a practical and enduring way, changing the lives of children in Ethiopia.
Anne was an ambassador, cherished friend, and exceptional volunteer nurse for Project Harar. She was often referred to as the ‘Mother of Project Harar’. Her incredible work and impact will be sorely missed by all the countless people she met and interacted with during her years of service.
Anne always went above and beyond in everything she did. She was fiercely adventurous and good fun. She graduated as a nurse in 1962 and went on to visit Ethiopia many times over more than three decades, including eight times with Project Harar. She volunteered as a nurse in many countries and always said Ethiopia was one of her favourites. Anne
believed in sharing skills and worked closely with nurses in Ethiopia. She also would encourage education for children and sowed the seeds for desiring an education. Anne had a wealth of knowledge, strength of spirit and had a knack of getting things done. She was never without a clipboard and always ensured that women and children in our care felt safe. Anne will be remembered with love and admiration.
