Changing Lives by supporting vulnerable people in Northern Malawi
World Education Day 2024
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Sarah’s blog 21/1/24
As you probably know, we are passionate about education. Whether it is the seventy five preschool children in the nursery or the teenagers at Bright Futures Secondary School, these children and young people all have the right to have opportunities and choices and chances to be the best that they can be. They have the right to be supported to achieve their potential and have a brighter future for themselves and their families.
We couldn’t do everything we do without a huge amount of support. It’s always about teamwork. So whether you have donated some preloved books to our School Literacy Project, or donated preloved school uniform, or if you sponsor one of the vulnerable students…..THANK YOU. To the team in Malawi; Levison who oversees everything and whose vision it was, to the volunteer cooks, nursery staff and teachers…. THANK YOU. To everyone working behind the scenes and those raising funds for us to support education in rural northern Malawi…. THANK YOU.
We are achieving great things but many more very vulnerable children and young people are waiting for a sponsor so that they too can go to Bright Futures Secondary School. Secondary education needs to be paid for in Malawi. None of the students at Bright Futures Secondary School would be there without support.
Please will you be a sponsor for one of their friends? Education is the best way out of poverty for this community. It’s only £25 per month to sponsor a young person. We need more sponsors for the new S1 students next year. This might be the most important thing you ever do for one of these young people. contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com . I hope you enjoy these photos of some of the children and young people. We are proud of every single one of them and all they are achieving. Thanks, Sarah x
Some of the children enjoying the selection of books now available in ‘Emma’s Rainbow Library’Levison Mlambya, Director, presenting Daniel Chombe with a small cash prize for his essay.A well loved train set was gifted to the nursery. None of the children knew what to do with it to start with but they soon worked it out and have had many hours of fun.New school, new uniform and new school bags at Bright Futures Secondary SchoolThe first seventeen boxes of preloved books donated to Chambo Primary School as part of our School Literacy Project. Prior to this, they had hardly any resources.Learning about computersAgricultural lessons planting fruit tree saplingsChambo Primary had no water. Thanks to a grant from The Kitchen Table Charities Trust, the children are now able to wash their hands and drink clean water.Some young people learning from the carpenters whilst building desks for Chambo Primary School. Again, this was thanks to The Kitchen Table Charities TrustChildren in one of the classrooms sitting at their new desks. Changing Lives Malawi donated the exercise books and pencilsFeeding 500 vulnerable children once a week as no big charities are feeding children in primary schools that far north. Once a week isn’t enough but we need more financial donations to increase this. Sweatshirts donated by students at Strathblane Primary School (Stirling, Scotland)Isaac is one of our sponsored children benefitting from having a sponsor. There are four children in his family with their mum. Granda, Isaac’s older sister was at risk of being married off too young as their mum couldn’t feed them all. We found sponsors for Granda and Isaac and they now have two food parcels going into their home each month to supplement their income. They also benefit from clothes, shoes, soap and toothbrush and toothpaste. Can you help a child like Isaac?Some students at Bright Futures Secondary School having being gifted new clothes and showing some of the resources that the school had receivedAfter more fundraising classrooms 3 and 4 at Bright Futures Secondary School were able to be built in time for the new term in SeptemberThe opening of Bright Futures Secondary School in November 2022 with classrooms 1 and 2. Students were delighted to be given a place at the school free of charge because they were matched with sponsors. They loved receiving new school uniform too.
