We are thrilled to be funding the education of 75 young Malawians.

“I was not able to walk the distance to the school, now I will be able to be near there.” Promise’s mother is the breadwinner, selling vegetables at a local trading centre. Her mother keeps the family running as Promise’s father is often absent.

Promise lost his father 8 years ago, and lives with his mother who sells maize flour at a local market, which earns less than £1 a day. His elder brother and sister both had to drop out of school because his mother couldn’t afford the school fees.

Mike is the 2nd born in a family of five. His elder brother had to drop out of school because his parents couldn’t afford the fees.

Grivin is the second born in a family of 5. His elder sister dropped out of school due to falling pregnant in Year 7. Grivin dreams of becoming a teacher one day.

Mika has lost both his parents and has been raised by his brother since 2018. The deaths of his parents forced him to drop out of school for 4 years. He is now 18 years old and finally able to begin his secondary school education.

Like the majority of Malawians, Julius’ parents are farmers. They do not earn enough to send their children to secondary school, Julius will be the first of his siblings to be able to continue his secondary education.

Patience lives with her Aunt who is now raising her because her parents could not afford to look after her. She is excited to continue her education and start secondary school.

“The scholarship has rescued me from having to drop out of school”. Austin would like to complete his education and train to become a doctor.

Stanley was one of the few students to get two Bs at his Standard 8 exams. When he grows up he would like to be a doctor and own his own hospital!

Olive was the only girl out of six students to be selected from Mbabzi Primary School to have a place at secondary school last year. Her father is a guard at a local farm and would not have been able to afford the school fees. Olive hopes to become a nurse once finishing her education.

“The scholarship will influence me to become a nurse and serve people in my community.”

“My parents will not struggle any more to fetch my school fees and the money which could go on fees will be used to support my brothers and sisters”

Hawa’s father passed away when she was young and her mother sells street food (MK50 a piece, approximately 0.5p).

Hawa proactively approached the charity asking for help four years ago. Since then, she has successfully completed her secondary school education, has a diploma in public health and is currently training for a certificate in HTS (HIV Testing Services).

The Mbabzi School Partnership contributed towards Prescilla’s tertiary education - she has recently completed her Diploma in Nursing & Midwifery and is waiting to write her examination for the Nurses Council of Malawi.

Steven, known as Saleeph (on the right hand side of the photo), was our first ever scholar. A UK donor enabled him to complete a certificate in Business Administration and Computing, He is now working as a secondary school teacher, teaching Business Studies.