We have had many successful projects to date and we are delighted to share them with you! 

Falls Secondary School

 
Building Futures in Malawi began life as a support group for Falls Secondary School. Since we began we have built a total of 6 classrooms, a toilet block and a library and a staffroom block for the school. As well as these buildings we have also contributed a shipment of books to the school. We have also supplied 2 computers and a printer. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The school is now financially self sufficient. We do not contribute toward the running of the school. As a result the school does not depend on our support. We currently support the school by sending volunteers to visit the school. Our volunteers teach, coach sports and help with maintenance of the school.

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The 2006 team of volunteers re-decorated the school and built shelves for the library. They also re-plumbed the toilet block and replaced some of the old desks.
 
The latest exam results for the school have been extremely impressive and it ranks amongst the highest in the city. 
 
Building Futures in Malawi have also built a library in the grounds of Falls Secondary School and this library has become a wonderful asset to the school and the surrounding community.

 

Kaps Model School 

Kaps School is a Nursery, Primary and Secondary School that has been built by Booker Kapalamula Banda. Booker began the project 3 years ago and has plans for the school to extend to include a teacher training centre. 

Tom with the directors of the national library service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



In 2006 we built a Library in the grounds of the school. As well as serving the school the new Library block will also be open to the wider community. It will be run by the Malawi national library.


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The 2007 team returned to KAPS school to find the secondary school block complete and were pleased to see the school thriving. They lent their time to the school teaching English, maths, biology and physical science. They also purchased vital textbooks and science equipment for the school.

    
    
    

Community Sports Coaching


When our project Manager, Tom Bowden, came to Malawi in 2001 he was invited to take time out from coaching Falls Secondary School to coach the Malawian national team. Aside from it being a fantastic experience it also highlighted a real need for football development in Malawi. 


 

Tom found that Malawian children were not being given the opportunity to reach their sporting potential. Tom felt that their enthusiasm and raw talent deserved more so he set up a community coaching programme at Premiership club Silver Strikers in Lilongwe. He taught the coaching staff how to coach children between the ages of 5 and 11. Now every monday the stadium is open to children to receive the opportunity to play and learn from the coaches.It has been incredibly successful and regularly attracts over 200 children.

 

 

Tom ran a coaching clinic for 15 malawian coaches with the hope that these coaches will replicate the success achieved at Silver Strikers across the entire city. It was during this clinic that Tom met James who has now become the head coach for Building Futures in Malawi. James is a recognised football coach and had been working with a Malawi Premier League team. He wanted to work to develop young footballing talent in Malawi.  He is trained to deliver the HIV/AIDS awareness message. 

The summer 2006 team have been running holiday football courses. They have been coaching Silver Strikers youth and senior teams as well as coaching street children. They have also been involved in coaching at a refugee camp and a prison. 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are currently expanding the football coaching programme and have bought land that will become a Community Sports School in Lilongwe. Please help by donating to Malawi. If you are interested in becoming a Building Futures in Malawi sports coach please contact us.

 


TV Gives Charity Donations A Boost

Friday 26th February 2010

The science of marketing psychology isn't just reserved for the consumer masses, it can be used to help maximise donations to charities and not for profit organisations. A recent study carried out by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found that different types of media coverage can have a profound effect on the amount of money donated by the public. Following the Haiti disaster, the foundation found that newspaper coverage of the event was not as effective in encouraging members of the public to donate to the appeal. Advertisements and stories influenced only 6 per cent of those who gave money. This is in stark contrast to 11 per cent of the public who donated to the DEC Asia-Pacific appeal just a year earlier. The shift in trend could be seen as alarming by fundraisers, but in fact it is our use of technology that is affecting the way we empathise with a cause, and our likeliness to donate to an appeal. Television coverage accounted for as much as 75 per cent of donations received for the Haiti Disaster Appeal, a figure that has risen since the Asia-Pacific appeal in 2009, where the figure was less than 70 per cent. It is evident that fundraisers need to maximise the potential of modern technology, and use social media portals to tap into altruistic tendencies. Television may be top of the donation leader board now, but surely it is just a matter of time before social networking sites such as FaceBook and Twitter play just as an important role in raising much needed funds for appeals.

 
 

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