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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.
MALAWI – Project visit opens up horizons
In spring 2024, a group of dedicated people became the first to visit the Foundation’s projects in Malawi. The itinerary included time with the Scouts, the Chipunga coffee farm, schools we support, and a flood zone where we provided aid.
MALAWI – Building the St Steven’s secondary school
Construction can now begin on St. Steven’s school thanks to the approval of a subsidy from the German Federal Ministry For Economic Cooperation And Development and the Umckaloabo Foundation.
SOUTH AFRICA – Breaking ground for a bright future
Breaking ground! In April 2024 construction will be begin for the new Montessori preschool at the Masifunde educational center.
SOUTH AFRICA – Schwabe employees supporting a daycare center in the Eastern Cape
Travelers to South Africa spontaneously initiate a fund-raising drive for a daycare center in the Eastern Cape.