ASC Foundation

We have started a charity called Action for Sustainable Communities to fund some of the poorest communities globally. This has been a life-long ambition  and we feel really thrilled that it has happened.
 
Our aim is to support grass roots community-based projects that will be sustainable for the community and the environment. Our four main areas of concern are:-
Promoting Education: Projects include building schools, providing computer equipment, English tuition and ensuring equal access to education for girls.
Fostering Health: Our work will include providing health clinics in remote areas, providing community programs that promote good health practices, and providing clean water to communities where none is available.
Developing local skills: We focus on skills that will allow for economic self-sufficiency, including sustainable farming techniques, sewing, and computer literacy.
Protecting the environment: We strive to enhance biodiversity via rewilding and our support of best practices for water conservation and energy consumption.

Please support our first inspiring project, for which we'd like to raise £75,000 as the next two phases in building a secondary school in Malawi, one of the poorest regions of the world. It was started by the community but unable to be completed due to lack of funds. It will give hundreds of children the opportunity to break out of poverty, giving them the skills they need to improve their prospects

A Brighter Future through Education
 
Please support this inspiring project to build a secondary school and enable hundreds of children to break out of poverty and improve their prospects.
 
Over 200 children in the rural Mzimba region of Malawi have never experienced secondary school or are having to walk 10 kilometres or more to the nearest school over difficult terrain without breakfast or lunch.
 
Having their own secondary school will give these children a well-grounded education, attain better jobs and give them a sense of pride and achievement.
The children will be given a meal when they arrive at the school and alongside their lessons, they will learn how to grow vegetables in the school’s permaculture garden in a sustainable way. There will be an equal enrolment of girls and boys to ensure equal access to education.
 
In Malawi, this grassroots project is led by a group of people who represent parents of children who will study at the school as well as Community and Church Leaders. Local families despite extreme financial hardship have come together to raise the money to begin the building of the school but their funds have run out. In the UK, a new charity ‘Action for Sustainable Communities’ has formed to support projects such as this one. One of the trustees Newton Matupi originally from the Mzimba area in Malawi is working closely with the community to ensure all building work is carried out to a high standard. All funds are tightly accounted for, with photographic evidence of progress. The school is opened in January 2022 but needs another £75,000 to finish the next two phases to enable 250 students to complete their secondary school education.