Sarah’s blog 29/09/26
Let me introduce you to some new students! The new S1 students at Bright Futures Secondary School are looking for sponsors. They need your help to support them through their four years of secondary education. Please will you be a helping hand to one of them? It takes a village to raise a child…will you be part of their village? Please?
Bright Futures Secondary School is a small private secondary school that we raised funds to build as there were not enough places in local government secondary schools. Also, none of these young people could afford to attend secondary school. They are mostly orphans living with extended family. All are living in extreme poverty.
We are responsible for paying the teachers. We are responsible for all the stationery and supplies that these students require. Also everything else they need to help them succeed and have a brighter future. With these gifts they will have choices and chances that they wouldn’t otherwise have had. As you can see, the students have already been provided with school uniform. We thank everyone who has provided either new or preloved uniform for use at Bright Futures Secondary School. It really helps boost confidence and self-esteem to have ‘new’ smart clothes and to feel they are an important part of the school community.
We insist that the students have a nutritious cooked meal each lunch time. For most, this is their only meal each day. Without this food, how would they concentrate? But feeding them all each day costs a lot of money.
This is why we need your help and support. Can you sponsor a student please? It is £25 per month and you can sponsor as an individual, a family, friends sharing the cost, or a club or business could sponsor a young person. £25 per month isn’t much to most of us, but it is a world of difference to each of these young people. contact_us@changinglivesmalawi.com
At Bright Futures Secondary School, class sizes are kept smaller than at government schools so that these most vulnerable teenagers have the best chance possible to pass their national exams at the end of S2 and S4.
As well as their curriculum subjects, Bright Futures Secondary School offers practical lessons like sewing, carpentry, agriculture and animal welfare. Students are growing fruit and vegetables to eat and to sell…the latest crop of bananas are being sold and fertilizer is being bought with the money…so they are also learning business skills and skills for life.
Team sports are a big part of life at Bright Futures Secondary School. As well the playing the national sports of netball and football, we facilitated the introduction of touch rugby in the far north of Malawi which all the young people enjoy.
Times are changing for these young people who, until a few years ago, had no hope of any future apart from working for local farmers in their fields for a pittance. Now they can dream. So please will you help one of the new S1 students at Bright Futures Secondary School who are looking for sponsors? Will you help their dreams become a reality? We can’t do it all on our own, it’s always about team work. Let’s come together to support these young people and continue Changing Lives (in) Malawi. Thank you for reading and your support, Sarah x
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