The Mango Tree

Improving educational opportunities and
helping children thrive in East Africa

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.

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A warm welcome onboard to Kids Club Kampala!

We are delighted to announce that we have now officially agreed to partner with Kids Club Kampala (UK) who will become our new UK partner in April 2025, formally taking on the administration of our overseas education programmes to ensure the future legacy of TMT’s work in East Africa. Kids Club Kampala has an excellent track-record, a great leadership team, and a comprehensive understanding of the landscape for children and their families in Africa. They will bring expertise, resources, and on-the-ground presence that will help us honour our promise to those remaining orphans who are still studying at school, college or university, through the delivery of our educational projects in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

READ MORE ABOUT KIDS CLUB KAMPALA’S WORK SUPPORTING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN UGANDA ON THEIR WEBSITE HERE

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.

27,000

disadvantaged children and orphans gained access to education 

50,000

girls & women empowered through education, enterprise & advocacy 

1,000,000

intergenerational beneficiaries by 2050 across all programmes 

£15m

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