There a variety of ways anyone can get involved and start helping MEL
Your time and energy
- Fund raise with or for us.
- Many people choose to run, cycle or plan other challenges to help raise money for MEL. We can help with setting up a donations page through the Malawi Education Link Donations Page (it will show as a specific event)
- Caroline is usually available (within 100 miles of Ely) to give presentations to your club or organisation or school, in exchange for a donation.
- If you have any further thoughts please feel free to contact us through the contacts form on this site.
Funds
- All of MEL's funds now come from individuals directly with monthly donations or one-off gifts. Fundraising ebbs and flows so it is useful to have the stability of regular donations.
- None of the projects completed over more than a decade could have been achieved without the support and generosity of members of the public. MEL truly makes use of every penny, so every one of them counts.
- We'll provide feedback to individual donors or organisations in whatever form you want: your sponsored child / adult will write to you / email you through Caroline; Caroline will come in and bring photos, evidence of how your money was spent.
Malawi Education Link uses every penny. You transfer funds directly to our bank account, buy through the giving machine or donate through PayPal. If you would even like to post a cheque please use the contact page and we'll let you know our address.
Bank transfer
to LloydsTSB::
Malawi Education link, Charity Number 1108460
A/c number 01502022
Sort code 309802
You can download the gift aid declaration form below and send us a copy to add your income tax percentage to any offline donations.
| Gift Aid Declaration.pdf |
Donate Online:
You can donate online using our preferred method via BT MyDonate. Not only is this system free for us, but they are also able to claim Gift Aid for us!
Simply press or click the button below, or follow this link
Simply press or click the button below, or follow this link
The Giving Machine:
The giving machine allows you to shop online via their system. The seller has then committed to giving a percentage to charity:
https://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary-portal/view/54592/
https://www.thegivingmachine.co.uk/beneficiary-portal/view/54592/
PayPal: (A fee is charged)
We accept donations online via PayPal. However PayPal takes a 1.4% + 20p fee per charitable donation (details), so we obviously prefer the MyDonate option above!
Simply press or click the button below, or follow this link.
Simply press or click the button below, or follow this link.
What does the money buy? (as of 2016)
£7.50 buys a bag of cement. We need 1 bag to refurbish a chalkboard, 90 bags to build a teacher’s house, 160 builds a double classroom block.
£33 sponsors a student through a year at the local secondary school, giving them a greater opportunity at employment, later on in life, as well as equipping them with the knowledge to lead better informed lives. To sponsor a child or adult through specialised education (Mua School for the Deaf; tertiary education), contact us and we'll give you the cost.
£50 pays to refurbish, lime-wash and decorate a classroom with appropriate teaching resources.
£100 helps to renovate a teacher’s house, raising morale and encouraging that teacher to stay in that school
£1,000 pays for the tin to roof a classroom block
£3,500 builds a tin-roofed teacher’s house, ensuring that the school will attract a better standard of teacher (many schools are staffed by volunteers) whose salary will be paid by the government.
£3,500 will build a double classroom block, enabling up to 250 children to learn in sheltered, secure conditions.
