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GOOD gift ideas for last minute
Even just before the festive season, we still have gift ideas for you that will not only delight the recipients, but also children and young people in southern Africa who benefit from good educational opportunities.
SOUTH AFRICA – Montessori daycare center Lavel'ilanga now complete
The new Lavel'ilanga daycare center supported by the Umckaloabo Foundation is now complete! The daycare center makes a significant contribution to early childhood education in Walmer Township.
AFRICA RUNNERS - 2024 with record result
The Africa Runners of the Umckaloabo Foundation set a new record in 2024 and raised a total of 87,000 euros in 56 fundraising campaigns for this year's project “A school in Africa”.
MALAWI – St. Mauritius named the best secondary school
St. Mauritius Secondary School, which the Umckaloabo Foundation supports, was named the 2024 top achiever among secondary schools in Malawi! In other words, no other secondary school in Malawi produced better results than St. Mauritius!
MALAWI – a good coffee harvest in 2024
The coffee harvest at Chipunga Farm in Malawi is yielding good results for the first time. There was enough rain this season and investments into coffee farming – money, hard work and continuing-education measures – are literally bearing fruit!
AFRICA RUNNERS – Looking forward to autumn
The 2024 Africa Runners 2024 have already raised €20,000 in donations for our “School in Africa”! And this fall there will be many more opportunities to lace up your running shoes and join in.
SOUTH AFRICA – The expansion of the Montessori preschool is making progress
Lavel’iLanga Montessori Pre-School in Walmer Township, South Africa offers excellent education to 33 children. The construction work there is proceeding nicely; the new buildings will be finished by late 2024.
MALAWI - Volunteering at St. Mauritius Secondary School
Two volunteers from Germany are each spending a few months on site working on Umckaloabo Foundation projects. The main focus of their time is coming into contact with different people and learning from each other.
ZAMBIA –Makululu Secondary School now bigger and better
In part with the help of the 2022 Africa Runners, Makululu Combined Secondary School built new classrooms, a home-economics facility, a library, and an administrative area. The school can now take in more students: 1,200 instead of the previous 850.