UMCKALOABO FOUNDATION 2010 - 2025
15 years of educational projects which make a difference
Dear Reader,
In 2025 we can look back on 15 years of the Umckaloabo Foundation. Ever since the Foundation was first established, we have been able to create new educational and future perspectives for southern African children and young people, as you can read about in this Report. And all of this has been possible thanks to your support in the form of your contributions, scholarships and deliberate actions, along with the dedication, professionalism and ambition of our project partners in South Africa, Zambia and Malawi.
Sincerely, Olaf Schwabe
HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR REPORT
Scouts in Africa
Wirkbericht - Scouts in Afrika
Learning from the very beginning
Wirkbericht - Frühkindliche Bildung
The foundation for good education
Interview with Louisa Feiter
Education creates a future
Wirkbericht - Schulen in Südafrika
Excellent schooling in Malawi
Wirkbericht - Schulen in Malawi
Education despite poverty in Malawi
Wirkbericht - Interview mit Madalitso Mbalazada
Lighthouse projects in Zambia
Report - Schools in Zambia
A school for Choma
Wirkbericht - Jubiläumsprojekt Choma
Professional options
Report - Vocational education
THE FOUNDATION REPORT 2010 - 2025
Dear Reader,
In 2025 we can look back on 15 years of the Umckaloabo Foundation. And in this context, the statement attributed to Desmond Tutu ...
In all of its projects, the Umckaloabo Foundation joins forces with experienced partner organizations which understand local structures and have well-established networks in their area. ...
The 15th anniversary of the Umckaloabo Foundation is a great cause for celebration and a reason to pause and look back. ...
The Scouts have been our steady partner ever since the Umckaloabo Foundation was first established. We can look back with them on our first major project and all that it became over time...
We help offer top-quality and empowering education even for little children with the help of the Samara Foundation, the Jabulani Daycare Center the Masifunde ...
Louisa Feiter, director of the Samara Foundation in South Africa, is committed to early childhood development (ECD) in Eastern Cape. Here she talks about successes, challenges and prospects. ...
Over the past 15 years, the Umckaloabo Foundation has also been working to help create better educational opportunities in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries. ...
Madalitso Mbalazada experienced the opening of St. Mauritius Secondary School in October 2022 as the school principal. In an interview he explains why his students consistently perform as well as they do ...
For years, our scholarship program has created educational perspectives for young people from poor families - and has built bridges ...
Over and over again, we can see in Zambia how good education opens up perspectives and gives children a sense of orientation, even when they come from very difficult family backgrounds ...
In honor of the 15th anniversary of the Umckaloabo Foundation, we are launching a very special initiative: we are building a new secondary school in Choma, a town in southern Zambia. This is a project which will change lives in a region where there are not nearly enough schools...
The focus of the Umckaloabo Foundation’s activities is in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, where for years we have supported several initiatives and seen them grow....
The Foundation promotes a variety of approaches to help offer new career prospects to young people who dropped out of school or have not found work...
Something that started at the Cologne Marathon in 2015 has now become a worldwide initiative which lives from the enthusiasm of athletes around the globe - with phenomenal fund-raising success!
Plant a tree, grow with a tree - The idea is so simple and quickly bears fruit ... literally and figuratively!
The work of the Umckaloabo Foundation lives from the commitment its enthusiastic volunteers show, both in Germany and in Africa. And new opportunities to get involved open up all the time!
The Umckaloabo Foundation makes it possible for dedicated people to experience unique perspectives about the work we do in southern Africa. Their travels and encounters are unforgettable.
Many people are active and in motion on behalf of the Foundation. Thanks to their commitment, the Umckaloabo Foundation now has numerous contributors, and campaigns such as the Africa Runners have dynamic support all around the world. These donors are the heart and soul of the Umckaloabo Foundation. The diversity of their activities has greatly increased the volume of donations we receive.
Since 2010 the Umckaloabo Foundation has donated around 7.3 million euros to support educational projects in southern Africa. With great success...
Our work would not be possible without the trust, support and dedication of many people. We want to say THANK YOU!