Since 2006, we have been working to advance the education of girls in Northern Malawi, by building and running a girls’ secondary boarding school in Engcongolweni.

Our Mission

The school makes a real, tangible difference to the remote community by providing employment, amenities and improving the infrastructure.

This project will help to benefit the whole community, by becoming a focus for other projects and developments in the area. We are looking at ways to improve health services, adult literacy, women’s safety and to provide better access to clean water and electricity for the local community. We are involving the husbands, brothers and sons of these women of Engcongolweni to build and support this project.

WHY IT MATTERS

Receiving a quality education is a girl’s human right and a global developmental goal. Female education is beneficial, not only for individual young women, but also for their families, children and the entire nation in which they live. Better educated women have better knowledge about health and nutrition, marry at a later age, have fewer children, have healthier children, and are more likely to participate in the formal labour market and earn higher incomes.

When we invest in girls’ secondary education:

·      The lifetime earnings of women dramatically increase

·      National growth rates rise

·      Child marriage rates decline

·      Child mortality rates fall

·      Maternal mortality rates fall

·      Child stunting drops

Girls face barriers to education including poverty, cultural norms and practices, poor infrastructure, violence and fragility. The Chesney Trust provides funds and support to overcome these barriers so that girls can receive the quality education they deserve.

What We've Achieved