United World Schools www.unitedworldschools.org
United World Schools is a UK based charity that works in 4 least developed countries, namely Cambodia, Myanmar, Madagascar and Nepal (all countries where we work as well). Their mission is to ‘teach the unreached’ and they can transform children’s lives by building schools and empowering communities where there would otherwise be no access to formal education at all.
In southwest Madagascar we have joined forces with United World Schools to build a new school at Namatoa in the remote region of Atsimo-Andreafana (see Annual Reports 2025 and 2026). There is a massive unmet educational need in this impoverished part of the country where the population density is very high. New schools in Madagascar have to be block built so that they are cyclone-resistant and material transportation costs are also very expensive but despite these problems construction work all went to plan and the rebuilt Namatoa School was officially opened in September 2026. It serves 816 children from 4 different local districts and our contribution has helped to provide new classrooms, a new well and gender-specific toilets with hand washing facilities and hygiene rooms for girls. New classroom furniture and teaching materials will enable the school to go from strength to strength in the coming years.
