About Urunji Child-Care Trust
Find out about our vision, mission, statement of faith and core values on this page
Our
vision
We envision a nation where children with quality education, proper nutrition, sound health and life-skills are a reality.
Our
mission
To bring innovative solutions to the communities that will combat poverty, fight hunger, promote life-long learning, and ensure justice for the environment.
Our
statement of faith
We reach out to any person regardless of their religious beliefs. We believe in demonstrating love through action.
Team Urunji
Our team spans in three continents: Malawi, USA and Australia. Our local team is tasked with implementation and the foreign team helps with fundraising
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Ian C Maliseni
Roxanne
(USA Board)
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Jaqueline Ndala
Breanna Louise
(Australia Board)
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Chikondi Jamu
Our core values
Integrity and Professionalism
Urunji Child-Care Trust ensures that donor funds are used according to the budget line(s) and that all transactions are done in a transparent manner. Any payments above $1,000 are not made unless approved by the Procurement Committee.
We provide financial reports to donors no matter how big or small a grant/donation is. We believe timely presentation of these reports cements the trust we earn from our donors – the more time it takes to prepare reports, the more suspicious donors become.
Courtesy
All our employees are trained to treat all our stakeholders with respect. We do believe that poverty is not a choice and that poor and needy children should not be taken advantage of.
All our Home Visitors* are specially trained professionals who undergo rigorous training and are hand-picked by the Appointments Committee after a successful working interview.
Fairness, Equity & Teamwork
We endeavour to reach out to all vulnerable and needy children and their families regardless of their race, educational background, family history or colour. We do not support political parties, religious groups or a particular group of the society.
We involve the grassroots in problem-solving. We do not take an implementation role: we take a facilitator role so that programmes will be sustainable even in the event we wind-up programmes in areas where we work.
Faith in local leadership
We work at grassroots level, identify and co-create sustainable solutions.
We are not afraid of taking calculated risks but are open to new innovations to end poverty and injustice.
We strengthen local leadership and structures to ensure community ownership.