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Children in Malawi taking part in the Perivoli Schools Trust programme in 2020

The Perivoli Schools Trust was established in 2012 and operates a nursery school teacher training programme in countries across sub-Saharan Africa. They include Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda and Botswana.[1].

History

The Perivoli Schools Trust was established by the Perivoli Trust and funded by the Perivoli Foundation. Perivoli Foundation is funded by the Perivoli Trust and also by Perivoli Innovations, a technology venture fund. James Alexandroff was appointed as the settlor of the Perivoli Trust. He co-founded Singapore-based emerging markets investment management firm Arisaig Partners in 1996 and donated his one third share to the Perivoli Trust in 1999.[2]

Maya Kafuwa and her husband Titan Madomba are the current joint CEOs of the Perivoli Schools Trust.[3][4]

Activities

The programme shows nursery school teachers the importance of play and how to make games and educational activities out of recyclable waste materials, such as yoghurt cartons, bottle tops, toilet rolls, pieces of cardboard, discarded garments and tin cans[5].

More than 13,000 nursery school teachers have received training through the work of the trust, reaching more than 320,000 children. Perivoli Schools Trust set targets of training more than 200,000 teachers and five million children.[6]

James Alexandroff from Perivoli Schools Trust

Awards

In 2022, the Perivoli Schools Trust was shortlisted for Project of the Year award at the Business Charity Awards.[7]

References

  1. ^ Baker, Lisa (January 20, 2022). "Somerset entrepreneur celebrates charity expansion on return from Africa".
  2. ^ Arthur, Andrew. "The Somerset entrepreneur helping train thousands of nursery school teachers in Africa". Business Live.
  3. ^ "Maya Kafuwa: Our goal is to get girls to read". Smiley Movement. March 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Baker, Hannah. "The latest appointments and promotions in the South West". Business Live.
  5. ^ Ganie, Zeenat (December 27, 2021). "Teacher training programme making a big difference in Africa".
  6. ^ "Perivoli Schools Trust".
  7. ^ "Business Charity Awards Shortlist 2022". March 29, 2022.