About the Project
The project consisted of providing school uniforms and paying educational fees for vulnerable students.
Location
Masekese Village, Namitete, Malawi
Quick Project Stats
| Funding Date | October – December 2023 |
| Luena Investment | $2,000 |
| CBO Partner | Consol Homes – Greenfield Academy |
| Village | Masekese Village in Namitete |
| Country | Malawi |
| # of Children Impacted | 77 |
| Community Contribution | Identification of needy learners; Provision of traditional counselling to learners, especially girls, to stay in school. |
Financial Barriers Limit Education for Many Bright Students
In recent years, many intelligent but vulnerable children drop out of school due to lack of fees. Primary school in Malawi is free, but secondary school education requires payment of school fees. Many deserving learners would pass their final Primary School Examinations and get selected to Government Secondary Schools. After happily going to attend such schools, some learners are sent back home if they have not paid school fees by the time the tuition grace period ends. For many, this means the end of their formal education. For example, one of the students at Greenfield Academy, Moffatt Salima, had dropped out of one of these government secondary schools. Moffatt is very brilliant; fortunately, after being out of school for a whole year, he was enrolled at Greenfield Academy in Form 1 as a supported student.
Support for Fees Advances Student Achievement
The donation from Luena Foundation was used to pay school tuition fees for 35 students and to purchase new school uniforms for 20 students. In addition, the donation paid exam fees that allowed 22 students to sit for National Final Examinations at Malawi School Certificate (MSCE) and Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE). It is worth noting that two of the supported learners passed examinations very well and within the qualifying range to be selected to any of the National Universities. All of the learners benefited from the use of a furnished laboratory and the acquired textbooks from the donation.
Meet our Partner Community-Based Organization
Consol Homes works to promote community participation in the care and support of orphans and other vulnerable children for social, educational and economic advancement. Founded by Consol Homes in 2018, Greenfield Academy provides high quality, low cost secondary education to young people in central Malawi.
To learn more about our partner organization, click here.
