In Malawi, it is rare to find schools that provide a safe and supportive learning environment for students with special needs.
A space where students with hearing and visual impairments can learn and thrive alongside their peers.
Reasons include widespread material poverty, lack of government support, and deeply rooted harmful beliefs about why children have disabilities, what they're capable of, and how valuable they are to society.
We need you to champion special education in Malawi by supporting special education training for teachers and school gardens.
Because all God's image bearers deserve a place to belong, especially at school.
The Warm Heart Project has two main goals: to provide specialized continuing education to 10 teachers, and to support school gardens.
To better serve their students' exceptional needs, 10 teachers will receive additional training in special education. The training will equip them to specifically teach hearing impaired students and reduce the large student-teacher ratio in schools.
School gardens are an investment for today and tomorrow! Food from the gardens will provide meals for students living on campus. The gardens will also be a place for students to develop valuable farming skills for their future careers.
All children, no matter their abilities and needs, are made in the image of God! And all children deserve equitable access to Christ-centred education and to be raised up as agents of change.
When we invest in education, we invest in community transformation!