Future 4 All

Supporting vulnerable families to overcome the impact of HIV & AIDS though skills development, education and economic empowerment.

In Malawi, almost 1 in 10 adults across the country are HIV+ and many hundreds of thousands of parents and caregivers have died as a result of AIDS-related diseases in the last decade. This, combined with a struggling economy – Malawi has consistently posted amongst the lowest GDP per capita figures in the world in recent decades – makes it extremely difficult for HIV affected families to support the children in their care.

Future4All are an Egmont Partner working in the rural Ntcheu District of Central Malawi. They work among under resourced rural communities to improve access to education, capital, education and skills development so they can better support themselves and their children, and break the cycle of poverty.

In their current Egmont-suported project, Future4All is working with 200 households affected by HIV to improve their economic and nutritional wellbeing. This includes providing household heads with agricultural, business and financial training as well as farming inputs such as seeds and livestock. They are also participating in training in different trades and many are also being enrolled into savings and loans groups where they can access credit, pool together their income with other local farmers and pursue new business opportunities.

Twenty secondary school age children from the most vulnerable households are attending boarding school through scholarship support from Future4All, enabling them to focus on their education and allowing their guardians space to grow their businesses during this time.

In addition, to increase access to early learning opportunities for preschool children, a proven equaliser for disadvantaged children, five early childhood development centres in Ntcheu are being supported with agricultural training and inputs so they can start small-scale farms to provide free meals for the 300 children in their care. Centre staff and caregivers are also participating in training to enable them to deliver quality early learning services to the children that attend.