MCUSzambia puts mathematics and science teachers into rural classrooms in Zambia and Malawi, feeds the children sitting in them, and stays with the pupils who need more than a lesson.
The shortage is worst in mathematics and the sciences — the two subjects that decide whether a child can go on to study medicine, engineering or agriculture.
No health facility nearby. No reliable food or clean water. Roads that wash out. Housing that is not habitable, and no route to promotion once you are there.
Classrooms of mud and pole, no furniture, and a handful of community teachers holding several grades together. Napakwe Primary has 274 pupils and two government teachers.
A rural pass rate near 20%, and families forced to choose between sending a child to school and keeping them home to help farm.
A well-taught lesson does not reach a hungry child, and a fed child still leaves school if she is married off at fourteen. The three projects below are costed separately and delivered as one.
Putting qualified mathematics and science teachers in rural classrooms, and training the teachers already there.
6 rural schools, over 10,000 pupils
Two meals a day, clean water, and medical attention for pupils who would otherwise go without any of the three.
Scaling from 10,000 to 17,000 meals within a year
A support system for pupils carrying more than a child should — and a route back into school for girls pulled out of it.
Counselling for over 5,000 pupils and parents
Total 2027 budget across all three: $280,924. See how it breaks down →
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We work inside the government school system rather than alongside it. Several of our directors hold current posts in the Zambian and Malawian Ministries of Education, which is how a programme designed in Lusaka reaches a classroom 121 km past the district office.
2018–2021
Trained 500+ teachers in delivery skills and improved pass rates by 30% for 10,000 Zambian students.
2021–2023
A fish-farming and entrepreneurship initiative for parents struggling to meet their children’s school needs. Household income rose 25% for 500+ families. Delivered in partnership with Lusaka City Council.
“I’m forever grateful to MCUSzambia for laying the foundation for my academic success. As a student in the mathematics and science program, I received the support and guidance I needed to excel in these subjects.”
Mary Hadunka Biochemistry major, University of Zambia
We are looking for grant funders, corporate sponsors, academic partners, and 200 mathematics and science teachers willing to spend a term in a rural African classroom.
