![]() “At the time that I was sitting on the floor at school, my uniform would quickly get dirty long before break time. There was just too much dust in the classrooms, which caused endless breathing issues.Ĭaroline’s parents immigrated to South Africa, leaving her and her siblings with her grandmother, who is a struggling cassava farmer. © UNICEF Malawi/2020/Malumbo SimwakaĬaroline, a 15-year-old student at the school, agrees with her teacher that when they were sitting on the floor, most of her peers would rarely attend school. Since then, the program has raised over $25 million for desks and girls’ scholarships, thanks to the TV station MSNBC and viewers of "The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell."Īt Luwambaza primary school, students like 15-year-old Caroline (above left) love sitting at desks provided by the K.I.N.D. Fund with UNICEF in 2010 to support education in Malawi. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell created the groundbreaking K.I.N.D. ![]() has provided desks for primary schools throughout Malawi since 2010. The school received the desks as part of a project called Kids In Need of Desks (K.I.N.D.), a partnership between MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and UNICEF USA. Fund has provided more than 235K desks benefitting more than 938K learners in Malawi "Everyday attendance has also improved as the desks have helped to increase their enthusiasm," he reports. At last, teachers were able to understand what the students were trying to convey in the practice exercises. There was a swift turnaround, Munthali says, as learners’ handwriting became more legible. At Lumwambaza Primary School in Nkhatabay district, northern Malawi, Deputy Head Teacher Steven Hembe Munthali (far right) says his students' work improved after their classroom was furnished with desks from the Kids In Need of Desks (K.I.N.D) project, a partnership between MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell and UNICEF.© UNICEF/UNI386389/Īll this changed in November 2019, the moment learners started using proper desks.
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