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Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity.” It is often translated as “humanity towards others,” emphasizing the value of community and interconnectedness.
The Ubuntu Nation Project is based near the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, home to approximately 56,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Malawian law restricts refugees from leaving the camp or working legally outside its boundaries. As a result, they rely on humanitarian aid, primarily from the World Food Programme (WFP), which provides just $5 per person per month—an amount insufficient to meet even basic needs.
In response to these challenges, we established the Ubuntu Nation Project to support refugees who have fled conflict and persecution in search of safety. Our mission is to provide education, vocational training, and sustainable opportunities, offering hope and empowerment to displaced communities.
Education:
The project operates a school that currently educates 914 children, offering them a chance for a brighter future. However, with over 10,000 children in the Dzaleka Camp still unable to access education, the need for continued support and expansion is critical.
Vocational Training:
Ubuntu Nation Project runs seven vocational workshops focused on essential skills such as soap making, bio-charcoal production, carpentry, poultry farming (for egg production), tailoring, fish farming, and pig farming. These workshops empower refugees with the tools to generate income, fostering self-reliance and sustainability. The skills and income gained also contribute to the project’s growth, enabling it to assist even more refugees in need.
Sustainable Agriculture:
We manage 14 hectares of gardens that produce food for the children and volunteers involved in the project. These gardens have become a lifeline for many single mothers who previously faced dire choices to provide for their families. Today, over 500 women cultivate these gardens, earning a dignified monthly allowance and securing a better future for their children.
Community Engagement:
The Ubuntu Nation Project is powered by the efforts of 872 refugee volunteers who receive a monthly allowance. Their dedication strengthens the project and fosters a sense of community and purpose among participants.
Ubuntu reminds us of our shared humanity and the interdependence of all people. Through education, empowerment, and solidarity, we aim to transform the lives of refugees and inspire lasting change.
Join us in our mission to bring hope, education, and opportunity to those who need it most. Sponsor this cause, spread awareness, or become a volunteer. Together, we can sow peace and fraternity and create a brighter future for all.
In 2021, the capacity to take in children at the Ubuntu School was expanded. The graduation of 90 pre-school students who went on to elementary school was celebrated. With the opening of the new classes, the children have the chance to continue their studies, new teachers were hired and received training and pedagogical training based on the method
Currently, more than 350 students are enrolled in kindergarten and elementary school, in addition to more than 60 babies the daycare facility. The children receive food, school supplies, and school uniforms.
Women refugees in Malawi need our help to feed their children.
They are surviving in one of the poorest countries in the world. War refugees, widows, alone with their children, women are desperate to get something to eat and to feed their children. In many cases, they have to surrender to prostitution and suffer abuse in order not to die of hunger.
The first seeds of this action have already been sown. Fraternity Without Borders bought an area of 5 hectares, where this mothers can work, contributing to the project’s sustainability.
They learn how to make biochar – the energy that comes from nature, provides income and is not harmful to health. The solution arrived in July 2018 in Madagascar, in Fraternity City – where 1500 briquettes are produced daily – in December of that year, in Malawi, offered with love by the volunteers and received with interest and dedication by the workers.
For donations by check, please make it payable to Fraternity Whitout Borders US and send it to the address below with the project you wish to sponsor in the memo line.
Thank you!
For donations by check, please make it payable to Fraternity Without Borders US and send it
to the address below with the project you wish to sponsor in the memo line. Thank you!