It was a colorful scene in the Michiru Mountains. The whole village ran out and gathered at Namitalala primary school. Flags and balloons were not the only things that added color to the arid environment. Children in their green school uniform and brightly colored mouth masks were anxiously waiting for the ‘cars from the city’. A rarity in this area, some 19 km. beyond Chileka...
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NBM Plc donates to Stephanos Foundation
National Bank of Malawi on 22nd September 2017 donated assorted items worth 5 million kwacha to Stephanos Foundation in Blantyre. The items included 254 chairs,206 plastic buckets 500 sanitary pads and 71 travelling bags. National Bank of Malawi’s Company Secretary, Zunzo Mitole said that National Bank of Malawi believes that the children are the future of the country, therefore, the need for...
Official Handover of Namitalala Primary School Block
In October 2022, thanks to the support of Verburg Charity Foundation, a construction team started building an extra classroom block for the primary school in Namitalala Village in collaboration with local organization Stephanos Foundation Malawi. A remote village where 1,200 children live and until recently 250 children could go to school. The opening was festively celebrated on March 7, 2023....
Stephanos Foundation bids farewell to one of its long serving members
“Stephanos Foundation, on 27 February 2020 bade farewell to one of its long serving members, Mrs Coby Maida. Mrs Coby Maida has retired from service after about 30 years of working with Stephanos Foundation. She has worked in various capacities and when retiring she was Board Secretary for the Foundation. The ceremony was graced by different dignatories and the guest of honour was the...
Stephanos Foundation donates K36,000,000 to cyclone Freddy victims
Stephanos Foundation an NGO based in Chileka, Blantyre, Malawi was on 24th March 2023 at Njuli Catholic Parish to distribute food and non food items worthy 36 million Kwacha to the survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy
Stephanos hands over classroom block
Stephanos Foundation on Friday handed over a four-classroom block and an office block worth K22 million to Khombwe Primary School at Chileka in Blantyre Rural West Constituency Speaking during the handover ceremony, Stephanos Foundation executive director Clifford Kuyokwa said they embarked on the project after conducting a needs assessment in the area. “We are doing so many projects, from education...
Stephanos Foundation holds open day
Blantyre-based childcare centre, Stephanos Foundation, on Friday organised an open day to show communities around Chileka what the centre is doing. Stephanos Executive Director, Clifford Kuyokwa, underscored the need for the corporate world to help the institution in ensuring that children grow into responsible citizens. Kuyokwa said, over the years, the centre has helped to provide education to vulnerable children...
Stephanos Foundation Scales out To Central Region of Malawi
One of the country’s child-centered Christian organisations, Stephanos Foundation, has officially launched its programmes in the central region. The foundation urges farmers to embrace mindset change and start practising Integrated farming. The child-focused organisation believes conservation agriculture coupled with livestock production leads to sustainable farming that needs to be replicated by most ‘Faithful farmers’ as they are known in the...