News - Gumbi Education Fund

Solar-power light revolution starts by bringing schoolchildren out of the dark

Solar-power lights provided by a Guardian-reader supported fund are brightening prospects for teachers as well as pupils in a country

Small is beautiful when it comes to The Guardian’s support for Malawian village

Fresh funding is essential if the village of Gumbi is to continue to pull itself out of poverty. A charitable

‘Your help is a gift from God’

Last year, the Guardian launched an appeal to help educate Malawi's poorest children. Jo Confino reports on its progress.

An ox cart named Hope – Part Two

Concern had just completed a huge three-day government food distribution to 5,000 people from the 67 surrounding villages. Tonnes of

An ox cart named Hope – Part One

Four times in the space of a year, John Vidal visited Gumbi, perhaps the poorest village in one of the