Halcrow Foundation supported the Jacaranda Foundation with a grant for the Jacaranda School for Orphans in Limbe, Malawi.
The school’s teaching programmes aim to develop strong values, healthy self-esteem and independent thinking. This empowers students to lift themselves, their families and their community out of poverty.
Worn-out desks
Many of the pupils have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS and are being raised by single parents or grandparents. Our funds contributed to much-needed classroom improvements that benefit more than 260 children and young people. With Halcrow Foundation support, Jacaranda has improved classroom facilities by replacing worn-out and broken double desks with new single desks with integrated seating. Our funding also paid for new whiteboards and storage for books and equipment, helping the school provide free, quality education into the future.
Equipped to excel
The charity says this gives pupils a much more comfortable learning environment as well as a space they can call their own, which is something the children rarely experience. “These smart new desks are another way to demonstrate to children that they are valued and equipped to excel in their studies,” Jacaranda explains. The school’s teaching programmes ensured every pupil passed the Junior Certificate of Education exam in 2022. Despite the difficult start many have had, pupil attainment is significantly higher than the national average for Malawi.
Photo credits: Jacaranda Foundation
