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Jacaranda Foundation and School in Malawi The Jacaranda School educates underprivileged children in Malawi and transforms their communities.
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The Jacaranda School for Orphans, located outside of Limbe, Malawi, was founded by Marie Da Silva. The school and its supporting foundation are named after the jacaranda tree, a tree that blossomed outside the hospital window of Marie’s father who died in 1997. To Marie, the jacaranda tree symbolizes life, growth and hope, important symbols for our students who are rooted at the Jacaranda School a

nd flourish with its academic, enrichment and vocational opportunities. In 2002, while working as a nanny in the U.S., Marie learned that the school in her hometown was going to close. She urged her mother to let the students gather and learn in their family home using Marie’s financial support from abroad. Marie wanted to provide the most vulnerable children, children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS, with a quality education and all the supportive services they need to thrive. In 2008, Marie was named a CNN Hero, an award given to “everyday people doing extraordinary things to change the world.”

Today, the Jacaranda Foundation operates several programs:

* The Jacaranda Primary and Secondary School currently educates 397 children.

* The Jacaranda Jan Kulczyk Vocational School opened in 2021 and offers courses in tailoring, cosmetology and carpentry - and 4 additional couses will soon be added.

* The Jacaranda College Scholarships Program currently sponsors 44 Jacaranda graduates in universities, including 14 in international universities in Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mauritius Island.

* The Jacaranda Mullen Preschool which opened in April 2022 and currently welcomes 40 children.

* Health Programs with the Jacaranda School Clinic and the Jacaranda Physiotherapy Community Clinic, which provides free care to 64 special needs children.

* The Nutrition Program made possible thanks to our long term partner Mary’s Meals.

* Home Support Program with monthly support to over 30 families and houses construction and renovations for 41 households so far.

* Visual and Performing Arts Program, thanks to our partnership with Raising Malawi

* Environment & Permaculture Program

* Women’s Entrepreneurship Training Program - and Microcredit Program

* Luc’s Libraries with 24 community and public primary school libraries opened so far, reaching 55,000 children

* Jacaranda Cultural Center & Maison de la France

To find out more about our work, please visit our website at www.jacarandafoundation.org.

16/01/2025

Thank you.

15/01/2025

Its been a great week for Jacaranda School hosting our friends from New Hampshire. Our children collaborated with them in different programs and were taught by experts in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering , Cyanotype Printing and Business Management. This collaboration has brought together international visitors thereby fostering global connections through shared language of art, shaping a path of growth and opportunity. Special thanks to our Friends Yaz Spazz and Amber-Nicole Cannan for making this trip possible. Stay tuned as we share inspiring stories, incredible progress and bright futures we are building together.

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas.

25/12/2024

18/12/2024

John Samson. 💜💜💜

01/12/2024

Chevalier! What an honour - French Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Malawi, H.E David Martinon bestowed to Luc Deschamps the 'Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite' award (Knight of National Order of Merit) for his work as Executive Director of Jacaranda Foundation and as France Honorary Consul in Blantyre. "Love, compassion, generosity", were words the Ambassador used when talking about Jacaranda School. Merci!
Very grateful to all in 'Team France' who traveled from South Africa and France for the occasion. Thank you also to Malawi Deputy Minister of Education Hon Nancy Chaola Mdooko, MP who graced the occasion. As well as Counselor Gerald Lipikwe; Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Europe Quent Kalichero; Chairman of Jacaranda Foundation Isaac Nsamala; and so many friends.
Triple celebration that night as legendary film maker Charles Shemu Joyah became Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) for his pioneering work as trail brazer of Malawi cinema - and spoke eloquently about the process of creating scripts, developing characters and writing dialogues. And we also celebrated the opening of Alliance Francaise de Blantyre, the metamorphosis of Jacaranda Cultural Center and Maison de la France. What a night!

27/11/2024

Another amazing event. Our Jacaranda Annual Gala Dinner in Los Angeles.

Thank to everyone who was there in person and those
who did not make it and sent their well wishes.
And thank you to all for your continuous support.

It was a fun evening and yes, a night where the word, meaning and mission of Jacaranda brought light to many hearts.
Thank you.
Feeling Blessing. 💜.

18/11/2024

We are going LIVE for our Annual Gala Event in West Hollywood, CA in 1 hour.

11/11/2024

That's what Jacaranda is all about.
It's not only about our school and our programs.
It's about reaching out to our communities.
Making dreams come true.

The mission of Sounds of Malawi at our center, is to promote our artists in Malawi.
To showcase the talents of the artists first here in Malawi and to promote then abroad too.
And it's not just about the well known or successful artists alone,
but it's the local talents sometimes unheard of.
The Kasambwe Brothers are street artists.

When our friends Harlan and Randi Steinberger from Hen House Studios in Los Angeles met them here in Malawi, they worked towards getting them to MASS MoCa to perform and record them in one of the best in the World studios in the USA. https://www.facebook.com/studio9porches
Previously, Hen House Studios invited Keturah to Los Angeles to recorded her new album which is now doing very well here in Malawi and abroad.

Thank you Harlan Steinberger, Randi Malkin Steinberger and Luc Deschamps whom together masterminded this adventure for the Kasambwe brothers and yes, this opens the doors for more artists to make these kinds of journeys.
Wishing The Kasambwe Brothers a Memorable experience.

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Tuesday	07:30 - 16:30
Wednesday	07:30 - 16:30
Thursday	07:30 - 16:30
Friday	07:30 - 16:30

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Virtual Gala 2022: Celebrating 20 Years of the Jacaranda School For Orphans

Join us for an online celebration highlighting the incredible impact that the Jacaranda Foundation has had on students, graduates, and its global community for 20 years! Donations are deeply appreciated.

Jacaranda School for Orphans was featured today on CNN's special edition 'CNN Heroes Salutes'; highlighting the work of CNN Heroes around the world - and celebrities giving them support. Watch the clip below! 💜 #cnnheroes #jacarandaschoolfororphans #raisingmalawi #madonna

New choreography in progress at Jacaranda Scnool dance studio - thank you to our teacher Rhoberto Magasa 💜💜💜

💜A message from our friend @pamelaadlon! 💜 #repost This is something me & my kids care so deeply about. Join us at the Jacaranda School for Orphan’s Virtual Gala “Our Children, Our World” this Sunday December 5th (10a PST / 1p EST / 6p UK). The Jacaranda School, founded in Malawi by my friend Marie Da Silva, is dedicated to nurturing & educating orphaned children to grow into their most confident, creative, entrepreneurial, joyful selves. Learn more about Jacaranda, register for the gala (it’s FREE and VIRTUAL!) and bid on some very cool auction items in support of the school. You can do all that at: jacarandafoundation.org/virtualgala2021 Link in my stories. #jacarandagala2021 @jacarandaschoolfororphans

Live from her 😺🌳 in Los Angeles—it's Kirsten Vangsness , dedicated Jacaranda supporter and our incredible host for the Jacaranda Foundation’s Virtual Gala on December 5th! We invite you all to join the celebration, by registering (it's FREE) and contributing via the online auction. You will not regret spending an hour with our incomparable Master of Ceremonies—all while learning about the incredible community that the Jacaranda School for Orphans has built. Registration and full program information is available at jacarandafoundation.org/virtualgala2021 #jacarandagala2021

Together in Paris! Hervé Tullet and Reuben Salima have a request! Join them for the Jacaranda Foundation's Virtual Gala AND help make it more colorful by contributing to our Global Art Challenge. Our students are making art inspired by a tree that is meaningful to them, and we want you to do it too! Share a photo or video of you with your creation by TOMORROW (11/14) and it will be included in the Gala presentation on December 5. Hope you join us! Bit.ly/JacarandaGAC#jacarandagala2021

Call To Earth Day. Nov. 10th. #CallToEarth At the Jacaranda School for Orphans in Malawi Art is their form of expression. Students chose to express themselves on this “Call to Earth” day by speaking out through their creations. Students painted a mural with different kinds of soil they collected around their school. Then they went into the village and picked trash such as bottle tops, cardboard, plastics, empty milk cartons and other small objects and created this other banner. The students felt the need to tell the World why it is important to recycle because the things we throw in the rivers or in open space contribute to global warming and climate change. So they turned the waste into making a statement and they used the soil from Earth to paint the beautiful mural.

Calling all artists! For this year's Jacaranda Foundation Virtual Gala we are asking artists around the world to create a tree that is meaningful to them. The talented students at the Jacaranda School for Orphans in Malawi are hard at work creating their artworks and celebrating their beloved trees. 🌲🌳🌵🌱 Would you like to participate in our Global Art Challenge? Create something and share it with us! Send a photo or video of your creation by November 14th to be included in our Virtual Gala on Sunday, December 5th. To participate go to Bit.ly/JacarandaGAC or email [email protected]. #JacarandaGala2021

Happy International Women's Day

Happy International Women's Day! Together here are Edith and Sheila who run our entrepreneurship classes for women in our villages communities - with some of their students: aunts, mothers or grandmothers of our Jacaranda School children. We dedicate this day to these incredibly hard working women who find the time to follow the course in order to improve their small business skills. 👏👏👏 They can then grow their businesses and their earnings - which further supports the children at home. And they are the best role models for their children. 💜💜💜

Ricki Lake @ Jacaranda Virtual Gala

Let's join actress, talk show host and film producer Ricki Lake who is inviting us to attend the Jacaranda School Virtual Gala, tomorrow Sunday, November 15! To register for the event, please visit: https://www.jacarandafoundation.org/gala-registration #jacarandagala, #rickilake, #kirstenvangsness, #tulletherve, #DominikaKulczyk, #RaisingMalawi, #segalfamilyfoundation, #kulczykfoundation

Jacaranda Foundation Online Gala - Performance Teaser

Don't forget to register for the #Jacaranda Virtual Gala, this Sunday November 15! http://www.jacarandafoundation.org/gala-registration Enjoy this video teaser of the Jacaranda Cultural Troupe performance at last year's Lake of Stars Festival in Malawi. Please join our emcee Kirsten Vangsness ., and global supporters Tullet Hervé Raising Malawi Segal Family Foundation and Dominika Kulczyk

Kirsten Vangsness invites you to join Jacaranda Virtual Gala 11/15

It's time to register for our Virtual Gala, this Sunday, November 15! Here is a special message From our Emcee, actress Kirsten Vangsness . For more information & to register for the event, please visit: https://www.jacarandafoundation.org/2020-virtual-gala

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In 2002, while working as a nanny in the U.S., Marie learned that the school in her hometown was going to close. She urged her mother to let the students gather and learn in their family home using Marie’s financial support from abroad. Marie wanted to provide the most vulnerable children, children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS, with a quality education and all the supportive services they need to thrive.

In 2008, Marie was named a CNN Hero, an award given to “everyday people doing extraordinary things to change the world.”

Today, the Jacaranda Foundation operates several programs: