We’re working towards making educational disadvantage history in Malawi and our long-term strategy and mission is to ensure every child in Malawi can be educated in a school with lighting, water and power, which is no mean feat considering that Malawi is the 19th poorest country in the world.
We’re also working to join up the Malawi economy to the global economy through the creation of meaningful training, further and higher education opportunities that connect Malawian communities to jobs that enrich local economies and give direct employment, providing much needed diversification of income sources in Malawi.
Our key objectives over the next six years are to:
Create 10,000 jobs in new markets in Malawi, working through partnerships with the private sector, educational institutions, international NGOs, major donors and civil society to develop a robust pilot of entering Malawi into the global marketplace. We will do this by stimulating social enterprise and businesses, training businesses to help them grow and identifying mentorships that stimulate their business growth.
Create 25,000 school, college and university places by 2025, enabling us to improve literacy levels and overall educational attainment in Malawi. We will do this by improving capacity of existing schools and building new ones through our schools building programme. We will also work to influence global partners to develop and build schools in Malawi and set up access to a wide pool of online learning resources.
We will advocate the use, celebration and trust of sustainable building techniques across the construction industry for buildings of social purpose in Malawi to advance economic development and to use for schools building as a celebrated, economic and ecological building technique.