BBC Radio 4 Appeal for The Mango Tree Girls’ School
You can still listen to Jennifer Saunders presenting our BBC Radio 4 Appeal HERE.
This appeal is raising funds to provide scholarships for girls at The Mango Tree Kenya’s fantastic new school that provides a safe space for girls to learn, heal from trauma and thrive. You can find out more on our blog post and our short film here.
The Mango Tree Annual Report 2024
Welcome to the last Annual Report from The Mango Tree’s UK office, which celebrates our charitable achievements
and presents collaborative partnerships that will secure our educational legacy for the future. Our work has been a testament to the transformational power of education, gender empowerment, and sustainable livelihoods to develop and transform communities. Our programmes have provided direct access to education for 27,000 orphaned children and young people, helped break cycles of poverty for rural families, and will have supported a legacy of intergenerational benefits for over 1,000,000 people by 2050. This educational legacy has been made possible by millions of pounds of generous funding we have received over the years from our amazing donors. We remain forever grateful for your continued generosity, commitment and support.
Our Impact
Over the past 20 years we have supported disadvantaged children and their families in Africa, improving their access to education, supporting health and well-being, and investing in sustainable livelihoods and environmental sustainability.
disadvantaged children and orphans gained access to education
girls & women empowered through education, enterprise & advocacy
intergenerational beneficiaries by 2050 across all programmes
invested in Africa to support education and community development
Our Theory of Change
To empower children through education and improve their lives and communities
Our Approach
Grant-making for community-led projects harnessing local skills and experience
Where We Work
The Mango Tree focuses our investment in areas of sub-Saharan Africa that have been badly affected by HIV and AIDS. Homabay County in Kenya, Kyela District in Tanzania and Mwanza in Malawi are remote, rural areas where large numbers of orphaned children have limited access to education. Poverty forces over half of all children in these areas out of education after primary school, leaving them without the skills to find paid employment. Climate change, environmental destruction and resource depletion are also creating serious challenges to the rural economy and the capacity to be self-reliant and resilient.
Our Projects
Our portfolio of educational projects includes means-tested fees bursaries, extra tuition and holiday enrichment programmes, psychosocial support, sexual health education and HIV testing, careers advice, vocational training, work experience and apprenticeships, as well as supporting educational infrastructure construction projects.
As part of our commitment to life-long learning and skills based education, we build on local knowledge, resources and experience, supporting community cooperatives and social enterprises and providing nature resource management training to encourage environmentally sustainable livelihoods so families can become self-reliant and independent.
Our Team & Partners
Our Team
Meet our team members in the UK and Africa
Our Partners
Organisations we work with to deliver our projects
Our Trustees
The Mango Tree’s governing body and advisors