Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity (SHEAMA)
- P Project/Program
I Inactive
Key Information
Each year, more than 80,000 secondary school students in Malawi face economic and social impediments that prevent them from accessing higher education to obtain the skills needed for jobs and business ownership. In response, government, universities and international donors are forming partnerships to create innovative approaches that extend higher education opportunities to youth in more impoverished rural communities. The Strengthening Higher Education Access in Malawi Activity (SHEAMA) is a four-year, USAID-funded project to increase Malawi’s skilled and employable workforce, with a particular focus on rural adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) and vulnerable young men.
Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)
Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi
Government Affiliation
UnknownYears
2019 - 2022
Partner(s)
Arizona State University
Ministry Affiliation
N/ACOVID-19 Response
UnknownGeographic Scope
NationalMeets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES
UnknownAreas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Secondary completion
- Secondary Enrollment
Other
- Remote Learning
- Transition from school to work
Other skills
- Financial literacy
- Rights/empowerment education
- Social and emotional learning
- Vocational training
Cross-cutting areas
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Empowerment
- Gender equality
- Social and gender norms and beliefs
Program participants
Target Audience(s)
Girls out of school, Youth
Age
Not applicable or unknown
School Enrolment Status
All out of school
School Level
- Lower secondary
- Upper secondary
- Vocational
Other populations reached
- Boys out of school
Participants include
Not applicable or unknown
Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
- Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Learning while working
- Vocational training
Life skills education
- Negotiation skills
Other
- Informational interventions (e.g. returns to education)
Reducing economic barriers
- Income-generating activities
Women's empowerment programs
- Empowerment training
- Self-help groups (financial, including savings and credit groups)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
- Improved critical thinking
- Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets
- Increased progression to secondary school
- Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
- Increased secondary school completion
- Increased secondary school enrolment
Cross-cutting goals
- Changed social norms
- Improved financial literacy and savings
- Increased employment/job-related skills
Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
- Martha Saldinger
- Winrock International
- Director, Education & Empowerment
- msaldinger@winrock.org