Our Programs
Our Work
Targeted interventions that create lasting change in communities across Malawi.
Kids' Education Empowerment Project
Equips school learners with educational materials, mentorship, and life skills to help them succeed academically and build resilience.
While 88% of Malawian children enroll in primary school, only 33% complete it, with just 12% attending lower secondary school and a striking 4% advancing to upper secondary level. KEEP addresses this crisis by providing materials, mentorship, and life skills training.
Goal
Support 100,000 students in public primary schools each year
Impact
30,000+ students supported with learning materials
Vulnerable and Disability Program
Supports the elderly, people living with disabilities and poor people with basic care, food packages, and companionship.
There are more than one million seniors (5.4%) in Malawi, many facing extreme poverty, poor housing, and a lack of dignity. Approximately 70% of disabled children are out of school, and 89% of those needing assistive devices cannot access them. We ensure they are respected, valued, and supported.
Goal
Support 500 elderly individuals and 400 people with disabilities each year
Impact
4,750+ people supported with livelihood supplies
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Women Empowerment Project
Engages with women to take part in fields such as technology, entrepreneurship and academics.
Women are underrepresented in academics, tech and entrepreneurship compared to men. With a staggering 10% of women using the internet in Malawi, 35.9% in non-farm micro or small enterprises and only 10% of girls finishing secondary school, we work to close these gaps.
Goal
Equal opportunities for both men and women without discrimination
Impact
Breaking barriers in tech, business, and education
Innovation Challenge
Encourages the youth to be very active in inventing transformative creations that can benefit Malawi — thinking outside the box and putting their skills to work by creating simple, resourceful solutions for people in need.
According to the UNICEF youth budget of 2020–2021, half of Malawi's 17.6 million inhabitants are youth aged 10–35 years. If strategically harnessed, this demographic dividend could help the nation achieve its ambitious developmental aspirations. Reality Hand believes that working to explore innovations among the youth could effectively develop the country and achieve the Malawi 2063 agenda.
Goal
Ignite youth-led innovations that help achieve the Malawi 2063 agenda
Impact
Half of Malawi's 17.6M people are aged 10–35
Vocational Training Hub
Young people who are not enrolled in school frequently lose out on the chance to obtain formal education and useful skills, which leaves them unprepared for the workforce and drives youth unemployment. Rapid economic expansion in Malawi has raised the need for skilled workers in manufacturing, construction, tailoring and design, catering services and more — yet there is a mismatch between workers' capabilities and the jobs available. By offering skill development and vocational training, we close this gap: alongside employability, skill-based programs encourage self-employment and entrepreneurship, empowering young people to achieve financial independence.
Trades We Will Offer
Practical skills that build real futures
- Carpentry and woodwork
- Welding and metal work
- Tailoring and design
- Plumbing
- Hospitality and catering
- Brick laying and planning
- Community development
- Electrical installation and electronics
- Manufacturing (renewable energy)
Already in motion in Mtata Village, Dowa
The community has given 3 acres of land and is committed to molding bricks for the construction of the first building of the school.
Read the Mtata Village update
Together, We Can
Extend the Hand
Every contribution, every volunteer hour, every partnership brings us closer to a Malawi where every child, youth, woman and family lives with dignity and opportunity.