23 August, 2017-Pamela Kainja is a 17-year-old girl from Chimwaza Village, TA Mkukula in Dowa. She commutes to Senga Community Day Secondary School for a distance of six kilometers and she will be starting form 4 come the next academic year. Pamela’s Parents struggle to raise her school fees plus learning materials. Growing up in a community that fails to
22 August, 2017-Lestina Kachokera is a 16-year-old girl from Chembe Village, Cape Maclear. She is a self-border at Cape Maclear Community Day Secondary School and she will be starting form 2 come the next academic year. Lestina’s Parents are poor hence cannot afford to fund her education. Growing up in a community that doesn’t support girls education has motivated her
10 June 2017-Tamandani Magandala. Form 2 at Nyambadwe Day Sec School. Her father lost his messenger job and mother feeds the family off nandolo business. Works hard, wants to be a nurse. Identified by the Blantyre Youth Group.
7 June, 2017-Meet Edwin Chisaka, form 2 at Chirimba Community day school. Father passed on, mother has financial challenges, survives on selling vegetables. Used to do pieceworks so he gets back to school. Hard working student and he wants to be a doctor. Second recipient of THE FREDOKISS SCHOLARSHIP through The Ghetto Shoulder Initiative in partnership with The Blantyre Youth
5 June 2017-Meet Richard Gogoda, 17years old, form 3 at Chirimba Community day school. Father passed on, mother has financial challenges. Hard working student and he wants to be a lawyer. Recipent of THE FREDOKISS SCHOLARSHIP through The Ghetto Shoulder Initiative in partnership with The Blantyre Youth Organisation.
24 May, 2017-Frank Kamwendo a form one student at Zingwagwa Secondary School, under the sponsorship of the Mary Maness foundation has been honored with the award for best physics student at the school. Despite being in form one, he is the best in the whole school. Frank is 12 years old. And lives in manase, his dream is to become
18 January, 2017-Maphunziro 265 is pleased to announce that Victor Kalenga has been awarded the Thoko Chikondi scholarship which is run by renowned photographer Thoko Chikondi. Victor is a form 3 student at Chamakala CDSS in Kasungu. Despite being visually challenged, Victor emerged top of his class during JCE mock exams and JCE exams. However, he dropped out of school
13 January 2017-This is Tionge Makilini. Tionge dreams of someday becoming a nurse. Her dreams were almost curtailed due to lack of financial support for her studies. Both her parents are smallholder farmers who were having serious financial challenges supporting her education. That’s when Christina Luhanga Foundation stepped in. Christina Luhanga Foundation stepped in and supported her education at primary
11 October 2016-The Mary Maness scholarship is pleased to announce that they have offered their scholarship to Frank Kamwendo. Frank Kamwendo,15, is a form 1 student at Zingwangwa Secondary school.
20 September 2016-Annettie Maganga was born on 23 December 2000. She lost her parents in 2001 and has been raised by her brother who also have financial problems. Growing up has not been easy for her. Annettie is currently in form 3 at Msalura CDSS. She has been struggling to get funds for her school and this has made her