EKARI FOUNDATION
Community Programs
EKARI Foundation’s impact does not stop with youth, but rather extends into the communities where the youth we support live. EKARI provides community members with access to adult literacy, financial, business management, agricultural, and vocational training as well as infrastructure improvements. The most valuable aspect underlying our community programs is EKARI’s Worldview Training. Many NGOs operating in Malawi provided resources for free, which created the ‘dependency syndrome’; beneficiaries became dependent on the NGOs’ support rather than empowered by it. EKARI believes in empowerment and self reliance. We conduct dependency versus empowerment training within the communities where we operate our community programs.
Sustainable Livelihoods Program
We provide the educational training (business, agricultural, vocational) and resources necessary for cooperatives to start small businesses in order to decrease our beneficiaries' dependency on EKARI and increase their self sufficiency.
Adult Literacy Program
We empower over 200 adults annually ranging from a 17 year old mother/high school dropout to a 70 year old grandmother who never attended school. Participants not only learn the 3 R's, but also acquire knowledge about sanitation, HIV/AIDS, gender rights, etc.
Building Program
Classrooms and dormitories at many of the schools that our students attend are in need of major additions and renovations. Through our Building Program, it is our goal to provide the best possible physical learning environment for Phalombe youth. We opened our Community Building in 2015!
