“If you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a nation.”

– African Proverb

The Theresa Foundation provides funding to support individuals to attend preschool, primary, secondary and post-secondary schooling in Malawi. For several years, the Foundation has funded the secondary education of girls who would not normally be able to afford it by providing tuition, books, school supplies, uniforms, boarding fees and transportation.

The Foundation is currently supporting the secondary education of 13 girls and 2 boys between the ages of 15 and 18 to attend local day schools and boarding schools.

The Foundation also supports the running of a kindergarten housed in Mnjale's Community centre for over 60 children from Monday to Friday, where they learn the alphabet, arithmetic, reading and are prepared for primary education.

To the right is a letter from one of the former students supported by the Foundation:

For more information on the importance of supporting the education of girls in the developing world please see the links below:

• http://www.ungei.org/news/247_2165.html
• http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/girlseducation
• https://www.theguardian.com/opportunity-international-roundtables/2017/oct/04/global-poverty-child-marriage-education-girls
• https://www.malala.org/girls-education