Lipiri Community, Malawi

One of the root causes of poverty in Lipiri is illiteracy which has led to girls not being encouraged or supported to attend school. We have been partnering with them since 2009.

  1. Where we work
  2. Africa
  3. Lipiri Community, Malawi

  • Population22,121
  • Villages83
  • Temp23°C
We are working to improve access to education for girls by ensuring that they have adequate toilet facilities, sanitary pads, uniforms, and textbooks available. We are also supporting parents to increase their income, so they can support their children going to school and provide an adequate nutritional diet for their children all year round. 

We have already achieved great things in the Lipiri community by building clean water sources and teaching the community to manage them. 

We’re working with the people of Lipiri to build a community where children thrive.

We’re working with the people of Lipiri to build a community where children thrive. </br></br>
We’ve been partnering with Lipiri for nine years now and are starting to tackle the harder problems such as changing mindsets about the right to education for girls or early marriage. We’re focusing on building skills, hope and opportunity for Lipiri community. 

After these projects are complete we ensure all our work is sustainable, and that the community is set up to identify and respond to needs as they arise. We plan for our partnership to continue until 2024 when we will have delivered a multitude of skills and knowledge for the community to continue their own development.
water committees are managing their water sources.
more people have access to clean water than in 2016.
young adults are ensuring child marriage does not happen in their community.

Stories from Lipiri Community

Education changing futures

Girls in Lipiri weren’t attending school, so something needed to be done.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

Knowledge and porridge for health

Cooking with local ingredients is a game changer for healthy kids.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

Clean water changing lives

Children in Lipiri were often missing school because of the long walk to get water, and the water wasn’t even clean.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

From water to food – children reap the rewards

Every child deserves the change to learn at school. That means making it to school on time with a full stomach.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

Access to water is building a strong community

Once a well is built we ensure that the community knows, and cares for, the clean water they have received.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

Moniek shares an update on the Lipiri Community

As the Country Programme Manager for the Lipiri Community, Moniek shares how access to the right resources, like solar lamps, a library of books, and supportive teachers is changing the lives of children.

Lipiri Community, Malawi, Africa

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