Girls Secondary Education Trust Fund Malawi

  • F Funding Initiative/Portfolio

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Government of Malawi, with support from UNICEF, runs the Secondary Education Trust and the international phase of the Funo Langa fundraising campaign. With this fund, 25 vulnerable students who previously dropped out of school are being re-admitted to school with scholarships provided by fellow Malawians. Funo Langa is also a fundraising campaign for the Girls Secondary Education Trust Fund. It was set up to provide access to quality education for vulnerable students (both girls and boys) in Malawi. The Trust brings together existing scholarship schemes run by different organisations, including UNICEF, and will mobilize additional financial and technical resources to help academically successful students from poor backgrounds finish their secondary education. The funds raised will be used to pay for full school fees as well as school uniforms, school bags, sanitary pads, and stationery. 

Lead Implementing Government(s)

Malawi

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Activity URL

https://www.unicef.org/malawi/press-releases/25-children-back-school-government-malawi-launches-secondary-education-trust

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2018 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

Funder(s)

New Finance Bank

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Secondary completion

Cross-cutting areas

  • Gender equality
  • Menstrual hygiene management

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

  • N/A

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Increased availability of learning materials

Menstrual hygiene management

  • Sanitary product distribution

Reducing economic barriers

  • Addressing cost of school supplies
  • Uniforms

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased secondary school enrolment

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved sexual and reproductive health
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Rebecca Phwitiko
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
rphwitiko@unicef.org