Welcome to ECRAD
Building a Sustainable Future in Malawi
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting orphaned children and the community in which they live at Zioya in Malawi.
SUSTAINING ECRAD FOR THE FUTURE
A focus of the ECRAD work is to become self sufficient where possible.
There are specific key projects that aim to become self sufficient or income generating to help ECRAD take a step toward long term stability.
10,000 Chicken Project
Chickens are raised at ECRAD on a relatively small scale but do generate a small income.
The ultimate goal is to grow this work to manage 10,000 chickens to provide a regular income and food.
The project has so far grown the Chicken population to around 2.700 chickens , enhanced the infrastructure at ECRAD to manage the chickens and a small vehicle to enable the team to get to the local markets.
It costs £1.80 to purchase chicken and once the population reaches 10,000 the project should be self-sustaining.
The ECRAD Secondary School opened in 2022 with an initial intake of 105 students and 12 teachers.
Secondary education is not free in Malawi and it is intended to develop a school of high standing to serve the local community on a fee paying basis and also to provide free secondary education to ECRAD supported children.
ECRAD is currently supporting 60 children in the Secondary School.
The school will need support in its early years to build the capacity for the desired high quality education and support the teaching population until the school roll is sufficiently high to sustain the running costs on an on-going basis.
First exam results are due in 2023.
