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Donate to Upendo Children’s Village
Every gift helps transform lives in Malawi. Whether you choose to support the daily needs of the children, provide nutritious meals, invest in education, or help a young adult pursue higher education, your generosity makes a lasting impact.
Select the fund that is most meaningful to you using the menu on the right. You may make a one-time gift or become a monthly partner. Every donation is designated to the fund you choose.
Giving Opportunities
General Fund
Provides flexible support where it is needed most, including housing, food, clothing, medical care, staffing, maintenance, transportation, and other daily operational needs throughout the village.
Rice & Beans Fund
Helps provide nutritious daily meals for every child at Upendo Children's Village. Your gift helps ensure no child goes hungry.
Corn Fund
Corn (maize) is the primary staple food in Malawi and an essential part of nearly every meal served at Upendo. Each year, the village makes a major annual corn purchase to provide a dependable food supply for the children. Your gift helps ensure that nutritious meals are available throughout the year.
Primary Education Fund
Supports the education of children living at Upendo by helping provide school tuition, uniforms, books, supplies, examination fees, and other educational expenses.
Postsecondary Scholarship Fund
Provides scholarships for approved graduates pursuing university, vocational, or trade education. Your investment equips young adults with the knowledge and skills they need to build independent futures and positively impact their communities.
Upendo Children's Village is a registered New York nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
Prefer to donate by check?
Please make checks payable to Upendo Children's Village and include the name of your selected fund in the memo line (for example: General Fund, Postsecondary Scholarship Fund, or Rice & Beans Fund).
Mail to:
Upendo Children's Village
1326 Winton Road N.
Rochester, NY 14609.
What Does My Donation Support?
Meals
Upendo buys quality local produce and also grows vegetables and maize onsite to ensure consistent supply, as well as to teach the children how to farm.
Education
All school-age children are enrolled in school and receive additional educational support from hired, qualified tutors every day. Our aim is to equip the children to excel in their studies.
Tutoring
Two tutors keep forty elementary students at the top of their classes each year. Reducing the 1:100 public teacher to student ration down to a 1:6 tutor focus. Their report cards have shown consistent improvement. Many now rank among the top in their class.
The Children
Upendo Children’s Village is currently home to more than 60 orphaned, abandoned and endangered children. We provide a safe home, medical attention, regular meals, proper clothing, a sound education, and most importantly, the love of God.
The Mamas
The children living at Upendo Children’s Village receive constant loving care and attention from a growing number of on-site house-mothers, teachers, and staff members.
Nutrition
While a nutritious meal is a luxury for most orphaned, abandoned or endangered children in Malawi, every child living at Upendo Children’s Village receives 3 meals a day.