Deaf Orphan’s Educational Trust is a UK registered charity providing education, training, community outreach and care to deaf and hard of hearing orphans in Malawi.

We currently take care of over 100 children aged between 3-15 years old.

We are raising funds to build a specialist school for deaf children who have lost parents through disease and poverty in the African country.

OUR VISION

To support Deaf and Hard of Hearing orphans in Malawi through education and training in order to empower and equip them for a better future free from:

• Social exclusion
• Inequality
• Poverty

OUR MISSION

To raise more than £100 000 a year to keep Deaf Orphan’s Educational Trust supporting over 100 children in Malawi by:

• Contributing to building and expansion of DOET academy
• Funding training for local teachers in sign language
• Supporting after school and At-home-care
• Providing accommodation and other support services for the children

HISTORY OF THE CHARITY

Deaf Orphan’s Education Trust was founded in 2004 with the aim of supporting deaf orphaned children who suffered from social exclusion, lack of education and exploitation due to their disability.

Deaf children were found to be under-privileged and also disadvantaged in the class room.

Deaf Orphaned children in Malawi are among the world’s poorest children and live in a small densely populated country dependent on substantial economic aid from the World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund).

53% of the population lives below the poverty line, while many children have become orphaned due to HIV-Aids and poverty related circumstances.