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Stay with us in Malawi as part of a managed group visit or join a scheduled departure trip as an individual
Transforming lives in The Warm Heart of Africa
Just as Bhubesi Pride Foundation made itself known on the world wide web, Malawian special needs coordinator, Wordsworth Rashid, sent the charity an email. He invited BPF’s founder, Richard Bennett, to stay with his family in Lilongwe and he showed Richard what was possible through sport and education. Fast-forward to today and Wordsworth is employed full-time by BPF Malawi, helping to realise a long-term plan to engage a rural Lilongwe community in meaningful activities, uplifting hundreds of lives. BPF Malawi now employs an executive director, finance & admin team, program staff, a maintenance team and 30+ part-time sports and life skills coaches. We’re bringing to life the 5-year construction project of a sports & education community centre.
In 2022, BPF Malawi started working with ChildFund Sport for Development (CFS4D) to deliver a youth rugby, netball and life skills program with over 900 children.
Malawi is listed as one of the poorest countries in the world economically, with HIV/Aids, malaria, teenage pregnancies, sub-standard literacy and numeracy rates and school drop-outs presenting persistent social challenges. Through sport, education and promoting healthy life choices, BPF Malawi is enabling transformational change.
Mtema, where we work, is a 710 square kilometre rural village community an hour’s drive north-west of Lilongwe with a population of 59,000; 35,000 of which are below 18 years of age. Homes here are traditionally constructed of sticks, mud and burnt or unburnt bricks (made from a mixture of water and sand placed in moulds and dried in the open air). Cooking is done over the fire in a separate building with a smoke hole in the roof. People bathe outside. Water is carried manually, often over great distances, for cooking and bathing.
BPF Malawi’s strategic and operational focus is to safeguard children and stakeholders in its programming, optimise the centre, progress S4D programming, develop and deliver supplementary education, enable access to appropriate program resources, initiate CPD for staff and program participants, engage key stakeholders, implement policies effectively and ensure good governance.
With trusted ‘friends of the Pride‘ in other African countries and an established network of global partners, we welcome the opportunity to utilise BPF Malawi’s community centre in Lilongwe as a safe place to foster local and international engagement and shared learning, contributing to BPF’s impact goal. Join us…
Meet BPF Malawi's team, see the community centre going off-grid and the NGO's 3-year strategy coming to life
Since early 2022, BPF Malawi has been working on developing S4D (sport for development) programs, implementing a curriculum in youth rugby, netball and life skills with 700+ boys and girls, led by 30+ trained male and female coaches. Daily sessions take place in local schools and on-site at BPF Malawi's community centre.
BPF Malawi is further utilising its community centre to enable sports and personal development opportunities with 100+ young people.
'Let youth discuss' is a SRHR & HIV/Aids education and awareness program, led in partnership with a Lilongwe-based Malawian NGO and is reaching 750+ young people.
Read about the impact we’re making with communities in rural Lilongwe and hear from participating stakeholders
You have two practical ways to help make an impact with Bhubesi Pride Foundation. Choose how you’d like to get involved.
Stay with us in Malawi as part of a managed group visit or join a scheduled departure trip as an individual
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