Rare Community.
Rare Thinking.
Our aim is to give ambitious young people the agency to uplift
themselves, their households and their communities.
Transformation
Young Women
About Us
Funding education where opportunities are rare but talent is not.
Rare Charity offers access to education to talented people from tea communities. Tea gardens represent some of the most marginalised areas in many of the world’s poorest countries. Our aim is to give ambitious individuals the agency to implement long-term change - in their own ways and on their own terms.
627494
Total learners in Thyolo District, with an illiteracy % of 32
About Henrietta Lovell
Our story
When Rare Tea Company began working with Satemwa Tea Garden in Malawi, its founder Henrietta Lovell decided to re-invest a percentage of revenue directly back into the surrounding community. She asked people what change they would most like to see. Their consistent answer was: "That our children's lives can be better than our own." Henrietta asked them how she could help them achieve this. The answer here was unanimous: Education for our children. Rare Charity was founded to respond to this need. While some of our core costs are met by Rare Tea Company, we now seek funds to expand our scholarship programmes to meet urgently growing needs.
£5
per month contributes to a scholar’s healthcare
£50
per month covers tuition fees for a talented tertiary scholar
£75
per month enables us to fully support the boarding school education for a girl who could otherwise not continue education
£300
per month supports a full scholarship for an average 4-year degree in Malawi
Testimonials
Scholars in their own words
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Graduates will help transform Satemwa’s community by starting well established businesses that will employ others.
Osman
Graduate
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My ambition is to become the best female biomedical engineer who will be able to design and make reliable hospital equipment that does not break easily.
Joyce
Biomedical Engineering Student
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I chose to be a midwife to serve others through my work. It seemed to me the best way to care for people when they really need care.
Enelys
Graduate
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I want to be a guardian of public health, to make sure that the health of the population is being taken care of properly.
Sylvia
Graduate
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Agriculture provides a viable way to harvest success and to grow a sustainable future for our nation.
Chisomo
BSc Agriculture Student
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Malawi is endowed with abundant indigenous knowledge systems which if not studied will draw to the verge of ceasing to exist.
Faith
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Student
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My favourite subject is Biology. When I finish school, I want to be a nurse.
Olivia
Secondary Scholar
Why do we focus on education?
Education allows girls to avoid early marriages and act as role models to their peers. Education has an impact beyond individuals. Education enables individuals to transform their households, their communities, their industry and eventually their nation.
Key Supporters
Testimonials
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Your charity and the scholars it supports are inspirational.
Dr. Darren Watt
University of Edinburgh, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
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Since 2016 the charity has funded 17 scholars through higher education. The impact is remarkable … The organization is exceptionally well-run, and benefits from an active board of trustees.
The Fore Trust
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One of the great things about Rare Charity is that, in addition to providing the financial, emotional, logistical support to get girls through high school and support undergraduates, you can help the wider world, such as US universities, understand how talented these scholars are, and how worthy they are of investment and opportunity.
Professor Kathleen Halvorsen
Associate Vice President for Research Development, Michigan Tech University