Mulika Scholarship Foundation

Mulika Scholarship Foundation

Defy the odds, overcome the obstacles: Scholars, an opportunity is right at your doorstep; seize it!

Teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities and indeed all of us, let us encourage our scholars to seek knowledge and engage in the pursuit of excellence.

Bonne lecture……….

Mulika Scholarship Foundation

We are fundraising for our scholarship program.

Nelson Mandela, once said ‘Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice’

Small gestures have the ability to lift up someone and make a difference in a child’s future!

Please assist us with your financial contributions towards this noble cause!

Mulika Scholarship Foundation

Defy the odds, overcome the obstacles: Scholars, an opportunity is right at your doorstep; seize it!

Teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities and indeed all of us, let us encourage our scholars to seek knowledge and engage in the pursuit of excellence.

Bonne lecture……….

Defy the odds, overcome the obstacles: Scholars, an opportunity is right at your doorstep; seize it!

Teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities and indeed all of us, let us encourage our scholars to seek knowledge and engage in the pursuit of excellence.

Bonne lecture……….

Creating Personal Pathways to Success

Our family of scholars is growing. Our outreach is increasing. Our targets for 2018/2019 are set. In our recent Mentorship Program, we launched a series on ‘Creating Personal Pathways to Success’ as well as drilled scholars in a number of hot topics befitting the context and the Theme.

We are excited and confident that we are getting somewhere.

A Big Thank You to All of Our Sponsors!

We are fundraising for our scholarship program.

Nelson Mandela, once said ‘Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice’

Small gestures have the ability to lift up someone and make a difference in a child’s future!

Please assist us with your financial contributions towards this noble cause!

Inspiring Excellence

Our vision is to inspire excellence, build character and promote higher learning by investing in highly talented and intelligent children that are keen to succeed academically and beyond but come from families in financially deprived and/or socially difficult circumstances to help them achieve a high quality of life, better career opportunities and thus exit the vicious cycle of poverty.

We seek to contribute to the improvement of the quality of educational output by instilling an unwavering resolve in these young scholars to want succeed despite the many obstacles and barriers they face.

Our seven main areas of focus are: scholarships, mentorship, prize competitions, Academic Tutorial Support (aka TutorCorps), The Mulika Inspire Awards (MIA), School Institutional Support Initiative (SISI) and a mini Library (Reading Den).

If you feel inspired and want to make a difference in the lives of these great kids, kindly join us in this pursuit!!!!

Mulika Scholarship Foundation

Inspire Excellence

Our vision is to inspire excellence, build character and promote higher learning by investing in highly talented and intelligent children that are keen to succeed academically and beyond but come from families in financially deprived and/or socially difficult circumstances to help them achieve a high quality of life, better career opportunities and thus exit the vicious cycle of poverty.

We seek to contribute to the improvement of the quality of educational output by instilling an unwavering resolve in these young scholars to want succeed despite the many obstacles and barriers they face.

Our seven main areas of focus are: scholarships, mentorship, prize competitions, Academic Tutorial Support (aka TutorCorps), The Mulika Inspire Awards (MIA), School Institutional Support Initiative (SISI) and a mini Library (Reading Den).

If you feel inspired and want to make a difference in the lives of these great kids, kindly join us in this pursuit!!!!

The Mulika Scholarship Foundation supports improved educational outcomes by scholars in rural community schools in Malawi by providing scholarships, mentorships, prize competitions, tutoring, school support and a library (reading den)

We support talented, intelligent and adept children from families with limited financial resources arising from difficult circumstances and who are attending poorly equipped rural primary schools to pursue their secondary education by working with them to reach their potential.

To be considered for the scholarship, the applicant must have received admission from one of the three community day secondary schools that we are supporting, have maintained outstanding academic achievement (a minimum average of B+ or higher) and be from financially challenged family.

Our emphasis in this application is a captivating personal story, explaining what impact this scholarship will have on your education.

Tomorrow is going to be a new era for the three rural secondary schools in Usisya (Bunga, Usisya and Khondowe). Multichoice Malawi in partnership with Mulika Foundation are launching digital learning equipment to these schools. This will be a new learning experience for over 1,000 beneficiary students.

Our sincere gratitude to Honorable Mganda Chiume, MP for Nkhata Bay North Constituency for accepting to grace this special occasion.

Tawonga, the Mentorship Program Coordinator will be delivering a speech on behalf of Mr. Kausipa Mkandawire, Founder and Executive Director of Mulika Foundation. Tekiyala, a student at one of the three schools and a scholar under Mulika Foundation, will be speaking on behalf of the students.

Through this partnership, we have provided digital learning equipment for the students and the school but what we can’t provide is the desire and thirst for knowledge. This difficult part starts with students and it starts tomorrow.

Tekiyala in his written speech says and I quote ‘it is education and knowledge that raises a nation to the pinnacles of progress and greatness’. We, as lucky kids and future leaders are determined to make this happen’.

We have added over 3,000 e-books and short stories to Mulika Foundation Reading Den. My daughter was excited and this is what she had to say poetically to inspire her fellow young ones…enjoy the reading…

By Shalom Abigail, 14.

Young ones
Short, small, tall, lean
Packed with creativity
You inspire me

You learn
to read, to write
To talk, to walk
You astound me

You learn
Something new and something old
That carries you through long days untold
Waiting for you
And you only
To do something
That'll help us all

These e-books,
Invite an adventure
Like all books
Allows you to venture

You are the future
You don't realize so
But motivate each other
And you'll motivate all

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Mulika Inspire Awards (MIA)

The Mulika Inspire Awards are excellence awards for teachers, students and schools in rural areas. In Mulika we recognize that obstacles faced by rural kids; such as lack of school facilities, and the shortage of qualified teachers, significantly impede the quality of education. However, despite these obstacles, great efforts and extra work by these teachers and the commitment of respective students have often produced superb results. Such success can be attributed to remarkable school leadership and skilled, talented and dedicated teachers. The MIA acknowledges the extraordinary efforts made by these unsung heroes who go beyond their call of duty, often in very difficult conditions to motivate and inspire their scholars to perform well and rise above their poverty stricken background. Their efforts are a life time service to our rural children.

The Foundation’s aim is for every child to excel. MIA is designed to promote excellence in students by recognizing individual student performance, teacher’s performance and dedication, creativity and innovation in the schooling environment and approaches, thus encourage best practice in schools. The awards afford communities an opportunity to publicly recognize and say thank you to all outstanding schools, teachers, and students. The Inspire Awards recognize schools, teachers and students in specific areas and subjects.

Mulika Scholarship Foundation's cover photo

Defy the odds, overcome the obstacles: Scholars, an opportunity is right at your doorstep; seize it!

Teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities and indeed all of us, let us encourage our scholars to seek knowledge and engage in the pursuit of excellence.

Bonne lecture……….

Defy the odds, overcome the obstacles: Scholars, an opportunity is right at your doorstep; seize it!
Teachers, parents, community leaders, school authorities and indeed all of us, let us encourage our scholars to seek knowledge and engage in the pursuit of excellence.

Bonne lecture……….

African Library Project - Book Drives in Action

We are grateful to African Library Project for having launched a Book Donation Drive for Mulika Scholarship Foundation. The African Library Project is a great partner in the African continent and Malawi in particular. They coordinate book drives in the United States and partners with African schools and villages to start small libraries. The Foundation’s Reading Den (Library) needs books to support over 900 students in our rural and remote areas in Usisya, which is in Malawi, Africa. Our students often have poor school results and low levels of literacy. By the time they go into secondary school, many of them are still hardly able read or write fluently. Inadequate educational instruction, lack of reading resources and limited exposure to books inhibit the students’ potential to excel. The Book donation drive will help us to provide them with books that will inspire creativity, spark imagination, generate a thirst for knowledge and expose them to a broad range of information and experience.
Thanks Kip, Emily, Tommy, Cricket and Henry (KETCH) for organizing the book drive for us. We are extremely inspired!

http://www.africanlibraryproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65:book-drives-in-action&catid=14&Itemid=60&alpdetail=1064#.WR7PvnlvjkI

africanlibraryproject.org The African Library Project coordinates book drives in the United States and partners with African schools and villages to start small libraries.

We are grateful to African Library Project for having launched a Book Donation Drive for Mulika Scholarship Foundation. The African Library Project is a great partner in the African continent and Malawi in particular. They coordinate book drives in the United States and partners with African schools and villages to start small libraries. The Foundation’s Reading Den (Library) needs books to support over 900 students in our rural and remote areas in Usisya, which is in Malawi, Africa. Our students often have poor school results and low levels of literacy. By the time they go into secondary school, many of them are still hardly able read or write fluently. Inadequate educational instruction, lack of reading resources and limited exposure to books inhibit the students’ potential to excel. The Book donation drive will help us to provide them with books that will inspire creativity, spark imagination, generate a thirst for knowledge and expose them to a broad range of information and experience.
Thanks Kip, Emily, Tommy, Cricket and Henry (KETCH) for organizing the book drive for us. We are extremely inspired!

Mulika Scholarship Foundation has partnered with Multichoice Malawi to support three (3) Community Day Secondary Schools (Bunga, Khondowe and Usisya) with audio-visual teaching and learning aid for teachers and students at no cost to the beneficiary schools. Multichoice Malawi will provide a fully installed DStv HD decoder plus dish, and free access to eight (8) premium education channels (History Channel, Mindset Learn, ED, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, BBC World News and BBC Knowledge. Mulika Scholarship Foundation will provide 32 Inch TV Screens to each of the beneficiary schools. Our common vision is to give back to the community, inspire excellence in rural scholars, bridge the digital divide and generate excitement in both learning and teaching experience. We wish to encourage beneficiary schools and students to make use of the facilities in a sustainable way. Quality education is key for scholars to excel in their academic performance, and gain the social and leadership skills, and be able to exit the vicious cycle of poverty.
‘We at Mulika Foundation derive inspiration by lifting up others and making a difference in our communities’

Great work folks! The establishment of the Mulika Scholarship Foundation’s Reading Den (mini library) has now been completed. This marks a beginning of new experience for scholars and will revolutionize the way learning and education is delivered in the rural areas. The Den will support over 900 students and currently has over 1,000 books. When fully functional it will have tablets loaded with over 1,000 e-books, DSTV educational channels, computers, and TV screens. The Reading Den will also have educational videos in all science and art subjects including creative writing, hydroponics, aquaculture, and agripreneurship and fish polyculture. We believe that these facilities will enhance scholars’ academic performance and their social, creative, innovative and leadership skills. So scholars come and immerse yourselves in the world of reading, knowledge and imagination!

Incredible! Within one month of launching a book donation drive, Mulika Scholarship Foundation has mobilized over 1,000 books ranging from Malawi authorized secondary school textbooks to international secondary school level textbooks and literature books (novels and short stories). We wish to sincerely thank Malawi National Library Services in conjunction with Book Aid International for supply of over 940 books. We are also grateful to individual donors; Mr. Mathews Nyama in South Africa and Mr. Kausipa Mkandawire in Cote D’Ivoire for donating over 30 and 100 books respectively. To all our focal persons, partners, volunteers and well-wishers all over the world, the book donation drive is still ongoing. The Foundation’s Reading Den has a capacity of over 3,000 books to support over 900 students. We count on your support to lead and donate these number of books to meet the demand of our scholars.

Mulika Scholarship Foundation is running its second Mentorship event in Usisya for its first scholarship cohort drawn from Bunga, Usisya and Khondowe community day secondary schools. Scholars will have the opportunity to learn from experts and mentors on a number of topics including creative writing and a career in writing, the power of perseverance and how to attain academic success while operating in a difficult environment. Scholars will also learn on teamwork and self-learning skills. Mr. Chinduti Chirwa, a renowned retired journalist and former Press Officer will be presenting on Creative Writing and Career in Writing while Ms. Taonga Mkandawire, a young registered nurse will be presenting on the value of Persistence and Success and Mr. Mateche Gandali, a teacher by profession will provide tips to scholars on study and exam techniques. The diverse choice of presenters/mentors is to provide the local content and to embrace the concept of pairing seniors (older tutors) with young scholars and ‘peer teaching’ or ‘child-teach-child’ approaches.

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