ELA organisation:

CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRE and

LONGTERM PROJECT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Malawi, South-eastern Africa

In 2011 a project 

Building a Cultural & Educational Centre with

program for children with special needs in

primary schools has started.

Most African countries have already  introduced general

primary, free-of-charge 

education for the children, but:

classrooms are overcrowded, pupil to teacher ratio in rural schools is roughly 60-100 to 1

teachers cannot work with pupils individually which is especially tough on children with special needs who do not follow the lectures and do not meet the required standards of knowledge.

Although primary education is available, a great portion of pupils do not benefit from it, as the education they get is weak.

That fact diminishes their chances to enter good secondary school and later find a descent job.

Therefore their and their family’s future is destined to poverty.

Our goals are: to provide learning aid classes and help to children with

learning disabilities (problems with concentration, difficulties with fine motor skills, dyslexia …) so they have a better chance at successfully finishing primary school and have better future.      

 to provide lectures and workshops for teachers (introducing child-oriented teaching system, alternative methods on working with children with special needs)

to diminish dropping out rate from primary education.

Our activities:

• Daily workshops conducted by educated volunteers (students from

teachers colleague, special needs graduates) to school teachers

and pupils.

• Study help for children with special needs will be offered in the

new Educational centre and in primary school classes. 

• Extra curriculum activities and workshops for children and youth

will be offered in the new Educational centre.

Financial structure (2012-2013)Finishing of the centre and basic equipement: 8.000 EUR• Solar pannels,• installation of water and electricity,• toilet blocks,• Inside furniture

Yearly cost of running infrastructure project and programe: 8000 €• Administration, • Salaries (night watchman ,translators and project leaders, food for

volunteers)• Workshop material, special needs aid accessories…

ELA’s educational centre will be used as: Educational day centre for primary, secondary and nursery childrenEducation centre for teachersEducation centre for adultsCultural centreAccommodation for foreign volunteers

Daily feeding of 342 children since January 2012 until now

How will we achieve our goals?

With lots of effort, knowledge, positive energy and

Your help! Thank You!

ELA Organisation