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How we are funded

The Mamie Martin Fund (MMF) is primarily financed by regular individual donations. One-off donations and the proceeds of fundraising projects are also important in enabling us to send money to Malawi for school fees and other needs of the girls.

Alongside this core funding, the following projects, or funding streams, have been established over recent years. With the exception of the Thompson Fund, they are all short-term, so your individual donations are really important in keeping us going.

Governance

All funds managed by the Mamie Martin Fund are subject to the same governance as core funding; selection of pupils is made on the same basis, viz., of need only, and the girls’ welfare is overseen by the MMF Malawi Country Director in the same way. Reporting is done to donors and major stakeholders once a year, usually in September/October.

Thompson Scholarship Fund

Established in 2018 in recognition of the lives and work of Jack and Phyllis Thompson, the Thompson Scholarship Fund has supported girls at Embangweni Secondary School for Deaf Children since 2019. Three girls were initially supported by this Fund and that number has risen to 8 as the Fund continues to attract strong support. Read more >>>>

This fund is open to donations from the public at https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/thompsonfund

Lancashire West Methodist Circuit

Since 2022, this group of churches in West Lancashire has been supporting 6 girls at St Mary’s Karonga. The first cohort of girls started secondary school in 2022 and were supported until they completed their schooling. The second cohort will start school in September 2025/ The project supports 6 girls / 24 school years every four years.

This project has a JustGiving Campaign page and is primarily funded through the Circuit community, though is open also to the wider public.

https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/LancashireWest

Katy Fund

Established by a private donor in 2021 the Katy Fund has been a four-year project which supported girls in the Diocese of Karonga schools and Mchengautuba Community Day Secondary School in Mzuzu.

Responding to the need for particular support in Forms 3 and 4 of secondary school, as evidenced by World Bank and UNICEF research and our own local feedback, the Katy Fund focused on girls in those senior forms. It allowed MMF to support girls in Chitipa, in the far north of Malawi, for the first time.

A total of 26 pupils have benefitted from one or more years of fees paid and other support.

The Pat Fund

Established by a private donor in 2022, the Pat Fund supports 5 Deaf girls at Embangweni Secondary School for Deaf Children for the 6 years of their secondary education there. These girls are amongst the most marginalised groups in the country.