MCM ACADEMY S I N C E 2 0 1 3 MISSION M C M A c a d e m y ( M C - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

MCM ACADEMY

S I N C E 2 0 1 3

MISSION

M C M A c a d e m y ( M C M A ) w a s e s t a b l i s h e d i n 2 0 1 3 t o e m p o w e r M a l a w i ' s

• r p h a n s & v u l n e r a b l e c h i l d r e n t h r o u g h e d u c a t i o n .

O r p h a n s d e s e r v e t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o t h r i v e : t o l i v e a f u t u r e t h e y c r e a t e , t o b r e a k t h e c y c l e o f p o v e r t y a n d t o i m p a c t t h e i r c o m m u n i t i e s f o r g o o d . M C M A w a s c r e a t e d a s a s a f e p l a c e w h e r e c h i l d r e n l e a r n t o a s p i r e , e x p l o r e a n d d i s c o v e r t h e i r v a l u e a n d p u r p o s e . B y 2 0 2 0 , M C M A w i l l s e r v e 2 0 0 + s t u d e n t s f r o m P r e - s c h o o l t h r u 1 2 t h g r a d e , d e l i v e r i n g t h e h i g h e s t q u a l i t y e d u c a t i o n t o o r p h a n e d & v u l n e r a b l e c h i l d r e n .

B y 2 0 3 0 t h e m e d i a n a g e i n M a l a w i w i l l b e b e l o w 2 0 y e a r s . W i t h o u t a q u a l i t y e d u c a t i o n , M a l a w i ' s o r p h a n s w i l l r e m a i n a t r i s k :

EDUCATION CRISIS

Sources: USAID, UNICEF, Statista (2016)

14%

• f children in Malawi are unschooled.

9,001,000

children in Malawi 0-18 years of age. (54% of the population)

1,504,670

• rphaned & vulnerable children.

(highest at-risk children)

30%

• f impoverished children fail to start

primary school.

53%

• f adolescents do not finish primary school.

Built 1st school

• block. Created

tutoring program.

JAN 2010

HISTORY

Launched MCMA. Started Pre- school, 1st & 2nd grades.

SEP 2013

Built 2nd school

• block. Added 3rd
• grade. Library

completed.

JUL 2014

Launched Global Classroom initiative.

JAN 2015

Added 4th grade. Solar lanterns distributed.

SEP 2015

Laptops donated. Technology Club established.

APR 2016

Built 3rd school

• block. Added

grades 5 & 6.

JUL 2016

Installed sports field, court and playground.

DEC 2014

Accelerated teacher training & development programs.

FEB 2017

Added 7th grade.

SEP 2017

Build 4th school block. Add 8th grade.

JUL 2018*

*Scheduled

E v e r y o r p h a n h a s v a l u e . E x p a n d t h e i r w o r l d . T e a c h w i t h p u r p o s e . B u i l d c o n f i d e n c e . D e v e l o p c h a r a c t e r . T e a c h f r o m t h e h e a r t . E v e r y o r p h a n n e e d s a m e n t o r . I n t e g r a t e c o m m u n i t y . E n a b l e & d e v e l o p t e a c h e r s . C r e a t e l e a d e r s . E v e r y o r p h a n w i l l h a v e a n i m p a c t .

APPROACH

M C M A a c a d e m i c c u r r i c u l u m f o c u s e s o n l i t e r a c y a n d c o m p r e h e n s i o n i n a n a d v a n c e d s e t t i n g . C l a s s r o o m l e a r n i n g i s s u p p l e m e n t e d w i t h o f f s i t e e x p l o r a t i o n a n d s m a l l g r o u p m e n t o r i n g . C o r e s u b j e c t s i n c l u d e M a t h , E n g l i s h , C h i c h e w a , S c i e n c e , S o c i a l S t u d i e s , L i f e S k i l l s , A g r i c u l t u r e a n d G l o b a l C l a s s r o o m . M C M A i s l i c e n s e d b y t h e M a l a w i E d u c a t i o n M i n i s t r y .

ACADEMICS

LIFE SKILLS: LEARN & PLAY

M C M A e m p h a s i z e s b u i l d i n g b o t h b o d y a n d m i n d . C h i l d r e n l e a r n s o c i a l s k i l l s i n t h e c l a s s r o o m a n d o n t h e p l a y g r o u n d . L e s s o n s o n p h y s i c a l e x e r c i s e , s k i l l s d e v e l o p m e n t , h y g i e n e a n d p e r s o n a l w e l l - b e i n g h e l p b u i l d a f o u n d a t i o n f o r t h e i r o f f - c a m p u s l i f e .

M C M A i s s t a f f e d b y a l o c a l t e a m d e v o t e d t o t h e w e l l - b e i n g o f t h e s t u d e n t s . O u r E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r a n d t e a c h e r s a r e m u l t i - l i n g u a l , c e r t i f i e d e d u c a t o r s . O u r t e a m o f e d u c a t o r s r e c e i v e s o n g o i n g t r a i n i n g & d e v e l o p m e n t , d e s i g n e d t o e q u i p t h e m t o :

OUR TEAM

M e n t o r & c o u n s e l o r p h a n s E n g a g e c h i l d r e n i n l e a r n i n g I d e n t i f y t r a u m a C o n n e c t w i t h c o m m u n i t y I m p r o v e l e a r n i n g t e c h n i q u e s

GLOBAL CLASSROOM

M C M A h a s c o l l a b o r a t e d w i t h s c h o o l s i n t h e U S t h r o u g h p r o j e c t - b a s e d l e a r n i n g t o b u i l d g l o b a l a w a r e n e s s a n d i n t e r c u l t u r a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g w h i l e w o r k i n g w i t h i n t h e c u r r i c u l u m f r a m e w o r k . T h e e f f e c t : A u t h e n t i c p e e r - t o - p e e r t e a c h i n g E x t e n d e d l e a r n i n g L i t e r a c y p r o m o t e d F r i e n d s h i p s c r e a t e d I n c r e a s e d e n t h u s i a s m f o r l e a r n i n g

E v e r y c h i l d w h o a t t e n d s M C M A c a d e m y w i l l i m p a c t t h e i r c o m m u n i t y . O u r a i m i s t o e n s u r e t h a t i m p a c t i s f o r t h e b e t t e r . T h e Q u a l i t y o f I m p a c t i s d e p e n d e n t o n d e l i v e r i n g K n o w l e d g e & E x p e r i e n c e , i n s t i l l i n g C h a r a c t e r a n d f o s t e r i n g P u r p o s e . M C M A c u r r i c u l u m a n d m e n t o r i n g p r o g r a m s a r e a i m e d a t : 1 ) p r e p a r i n g

• r p h a n s f o r l i f e o u t s i d e o f t h e c a m p u s

a n d 2 ) i n t e g r a t i n g c o m m u n i t y ( f a m i l y a n d v i l l a g e l e a d e r s ) i n t o t h e s e e f f o r t s .

QUALITY OF IMPACT

BY THE NUMBERS

Student enrollment (2017-18):

129 $50,000

Annual operating budget (excluding capital costs): Max student to teacher class size:

22:1 89.7%

Student "pass" rates (2013-17): Donor-subsidized tuition & costs:

100%

Y O U C A N B E T H E D I F F E R E N C E . S U P P O R T M C M A C A D E M Y T O D A Y .

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M a l a w i C h i l d r e n ' s M i s s i o n w a s f o r m e d i n 2 0 0 7 t o s e r v e o r p h a n e d a n d v u l n e r a b l e c h i l d r e n i n M a l a w i , A f r i c a . W e l o v e M a l a w i ' s o r p h a n s . S o , o u r a p p r o a c h i s s i m p l e : s h o w t h e m t h e y a r e v a l u e d , t h a t t h e y m a t t e r , t h a t t h e y h a v e a f u t u r e . M C M d e m o n s t r a t e s t h i s a p p r o a c h b y p r o v i d i n g n u t r i t i o n a l , e d u c a t i o n a l , h e a l t h c a r e a n d e m o t i o n a l s u p p o r t .

ABOUT MCM

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The Children’s Mission (d.b.a. Malawi Children’s Mission) is a non-profit (“public charity”) exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The IRS deems contributions to MCM as deductible under section 170 of the code. Registered in the state of California, MCM is also exempt from California franchise or income tax under the California revenue and taxation Code 23701d.

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