"Education is the most powerful weapon with which you can change the world" - Nelson Mandela.

Indeed, Education is one of The Africa Centre's 5 pillars of activity and it is embedded in the DNA of our organisation, as expressed in the Articles of Association. Our charitable mission is to Educate, Connect, and Advocate for Africa and its global diaspora. This year, we particularly have a focus on children and young people and will be striving to align our activity programme with their varying Key Stage-specific learning needs. 

The Africa Centre is aiming to raise £10,000 for the development of ELIMU, an educational programme aimed at boosting confidence and enhancing opportunities and life prospects for young people. The programme will enable the continuation of some of the work that the Centre has previously done such as collaborations with Supplementary schools, Black History education and advocacy, and engagement with youth clubs, schools, and colleges, etc. ELIMU means ‘education’ in Swahili.

Some of the programme activities will include leadership and development workshops, young people’s debate and lecture series, African language classes, and creative entrepreneurship workshops. We are grateful to MDKay who helped to kickstart our fundraising campaign by successfully running the London Marathon on Sunday 21 April 2024.

We look forward to your continued support as we strive towards our £10K goal for the ELIMU project.

Thank you for your support!

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