When a child is supported, a community rises.
Our programs turn everyday care into lasting opportunity.
Nutrition Program
Nourishing students today. Strengthening communities for tomorrow.
Every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and participate fully in school. But in rural Malawi, hunger too often stands between students and the classroom. Many children arrive without a morning meal or walk long distances on an empty stomach. Others miss school entirely when food is scarce at home.
Hunger affects focus, attendance, and a child’s ability to thrive in school.
The School Nutrition Program helps change this by providing a reliable daily breakfast to every student at our participating schools, removing one of the biggest barriers to learning.
When children are nourished, they show up, engage, and stay in school. And when children stay in school, families and communities grow stronger with them.
Program Activities:
- Daily breakfast for 520+ students, ensuring every child starts the day nourished
- Four local Food Mamas receive stipends through the program, helping strengthen financial stability for single mothers and their families.
- Training for cooks and volunteers in safe food preparation and storage, building long-term community capacity
8th Grade
Virginia, an eighth grader, used to miss weeks of school to help care for her younger siblings. After joining Encore for Humanity’s Classroom Support and Empowerment Program, she received the materials and encouragement she needed to return. Today, her mother prepares daily meals for hundreds of children as a Food Mama, while Virginia attends class consistently—determined to build a better future for her family.
Vee
Food Mama
A single mother of three, including her daughter Efridah, Nesta now serves as a Food Mama at Kanjoka 1 Primary. Through her work with Encore, she helps provide daily meals that keep children nourished and learning—building stability for her household and her community.
Nesta
Food Mama
Esnat, is a mother of three boys and a dedicated Food Mama through Encore for Humanity. Each day she prepares nutritious meals for hundreds of students at Kanjoka 1 Primary—steady work that strengthens both her family’s livelihood and her community’s well-being.
Esnat
Food Mama
Nelia, a mother of four young children, including her oldest, Virginia, became a Food Mama to create a steadier path forward for her family. Her work with Encore for Humanity allows her to earn income close to home while ensuring children in her village have a warm, nutritious meal each day.
Nelia
Food Mama
At 38, Nelia supports her three children through her role as a Food Mama with Encore for Humanity. Each and every morning she supports her community in meaningful ways—helping students learn on full stomachs while maintaining greater independence for her family.
Nelia
Secondary School Scholarship & Mentorship Program
Keeping education within reach. Because every bright future deserves a chance to flourish.
In rural Malawi, completing secondary school is often out of reach not because students lack talent or motivation, but because the costs are simply too high. Tuition, uniforms, school supplies, transportation, and boarding place continued education beyond what many families can afford.
Without support, many students are forced to leave school early and step into adult responsibilities long before they are ready.
The Secondary School Scholarship & Mentorship program helps students continue their education with stability, encouragement, and long term support. Through scholarships, mentorship, family engagement, and regular check ins, students are supported not only in reaching secondary school, but in staying there and thriving.
When students are given the opportunity to continue learning, they gain the confidence to imagine futures once thought impossible.
Program Activities:
- Comprehensive secondary school scholarships for students meeting predetermined criteria, covering tuition, supplies, and essential educational costs
- Mentorship, regular student check ins, and after school CHATS programs that provide academic support, encouragement, and preparation for long term success in secondary education
- Family engagement and community partnership that help students remain supported throughout their education
- Holistic support for students facing the greatest barriers to continuing school
Classroom Support & Empowerment Program
Helping create classrooms that are well-equipped and safe so that learning can take center stage.
Across the communities we serve, many children learn in thatched or weather-worn structures with little protection from wind, rain, or heat. Inside, classrooms do not have access to electricity, light, desks, or even a place to keep books dry. Teachers do their best, but without basic tools, students struggle to concentrate, participate, and feel proud of their school environment.
The Classroom Support & Empowerment Program helps strengthen these foundations. Through practical, community-driven improvements — such as providing solar lighting, upgrading classroom structures, and ensuring access to essential learning tools — Encore for Humanity is strengthening teaching and learning conditions, one classroom and one child at a time.
When school environments are stable and welcoming, students can stay focused, teachers feel supported, and families see school as a place where their children are valued. Stronger classrooms don’t just improve learning — they help entire communities believe in what education can make possible.
Program Activities:
- Safe, reliable solar lighting, bringing consistency and dignity to learning spaces
- Essential learning materials and personal essentials, uplifting the most vulnerable students
- Community-driven classroom upgrades, creating safer, stronger places to learn and grow
Economic Empowerment for Women and Girls
Every meal served, every classroom supported, and every student who continues their education is possible because people choose to stand alongside this community.
Your support helps children stay in school, strengthens families, and expands opportunity across rural Malawi.