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This message reached us on March 30th from a dear friend on the ground:
“Today is not just another day in Malawi. It is another day of heartbreak.
In Kaporo, Karonga, northern Malawi, we are living through the second year of relentless devastation. First, it was drought. Then, floods. Now, we are watching our future - our children - face the consequences of a crisis they did not create.
In 2024 we lost our maize and rice fields, our homes, our harvests. We barely survived. But this year… 2025… we had hoped for a better season.
Instead, we were met with more droughts - the rains never came.
Our maize died before it could grow. The rice fields stayed dry until the last possible moment….
On March 30 2025, the floods came here again. They washed away our seeds and with it our hopes. Real. Raw. Ruthless. Families are displaced. Homes destroyed. Food is gone. And the most vulnerable - children with disabilities, orphaned students, and young girls - are being left behind, again.”
Why We Are Raising Funds
We are a small group of people in solidarity, mostly based in Europe. We met during a study term abroad as fellow-students, flat mates and friends with one of the founders of Focus on Ability Society (FOAS), who has sent us the message above. Focus on Ability Society, a legally registered NGO in Malawi, is working to promote inclusive education, youth empowerment, and sustainable livelihoods. Today, we are calling on YOU to help to support 34 high school students (19 girls, 15 boys) between the ages of 15 and 24, whose education is now in serious jeopardy due to the ongoing climate disaster. FOAS work and the communities on the ground depend on their harvests and incomes from farming. The funds will be used for:
1. Pay One Full Academic Year of School Fees
• We will cover the tuition, school supplies, and basic needs (like food) for all 34 affected students so they can stay in school and stay safe.
2. Invest in Climate-Resilient Winter Farming
• We will use part of the funds to launch a sustainable winter farming project. This will not only provide food sovereignty but also create a long-term income stream to pay school fees and support these students continuously—even if the floods return.
This isn’t just charity. This is an investment in resilience, in education, and in the future of an entire community.
The Malawian students FOAS supports are:
• Living with disabilities
• Orphaned or from extremely poor families
• Direct victims of the current floods and last year’s droughts
They have dreams—of becoming nurses, teachers, engineers. But without help, those dreams will be buried in the mud along with their homes and crops.
What Your Donation Will Do:
Your generosity will bring real, lasting change in two key ways:
1. Pay One Full Academic Year of School Fees
We will cover the tuition, school supplies, and basic needs (like food) for all 34 affected students so they can stay in school and stay safe.
2. Invest in Climate-Resilient Winter Farming
We will use part of the funds to launch a sustainable winter farming project. This will not only provide food security but also create a long-term income stream to pay school fees and support these students continuously—even if the floods return.
This isn’t just charity. This is an investment in resilience, in education, and in the future of an entire community.
Why This Matters:
In Kaporo, most families survive through farming. But with no irrigation systems, no climate-resilient seeds, and no infrastructure to withstand the increasing frequency of droughts and floods, they are trapped in a cycle of hunger, poverty, and interrupted education.
This campaign is more than aid. It’s our fight to break that cycle.
It’s a cry for solidarity in a time of crisis.
It’s a call to action - for climate justice, inclusive education, and community empowerment.
You Can Be the Difference
Please, if you are reading this, know that your contribution - no matter how small - can:
• Send a child with a disability back to school.
• Put food on a student’s plate.
• Plant seeds of resilience in our soil and our hearts.
Let’s stand together. Let’s rebuild futures. Let’s give these young people the chance to dream again.
Donate today. Share this story. Be part of the change.
With gratitude and hope - when hope becomes an action verb- for,
Focus on Ability Society (FOAS)
Kaporo, Karonga, Malawi