This week was a busy one, as Determined to Develop hosted its annual Youth Leadership Workshop. This gathering provides an opportunity for D2D’s sponsored youth to come together to strengthen their leadership skills, learning from the D2D staff and one another. The D2D staff worked hard in the weeks prior…
On August 20th, D2D’s residential boys departed for their highly-anticipated excursion to Nyika Plateau. Rising 2,605 km (8,547 ft) at its highest point, the plateau makes for picturesque views of Lake Malawi and the Luangwa Valley. Within the plateau rests Nyika National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, containing a…
This summer, Determined to Develop once again had the privilege of hosting a collaboration of human rights, engineering, education, and development students from the United States and Malawi. D2D’s institutional partner, The University of Dayton, competitively selects a group of five students to perform critical research connected to key programming…
The D2D campus is once again abuzz with the energy of its residential boys, who are home for the summer holiday. After completing final examinations, the 52 boys, excluding those who are still in session at university or on attachment (holding an internship), began returning to campus the week of…
Our village, Sangilo, recently conducted a community-led Project Assessment and Planning meeting to focus on the development goals the village has for itself from the grass-roots level. The meeting was facilitated by the Group Village Head Chief Mtowelayifwa with assistance from Determined to Develop staff members. It was attended by…
D2D and our partner schools and their staff play a central role in moving our sponsored youth forward and enabling D2D to successfully achieve its mission. To acknowledge the extended efforts and contributions of these leaders, D2D recently hosted an appreciation dinner for the head teachers (school principals) of our…
In honor of Women’s Week here at D2D, the female staff members took the primary and secondary school Girl’s Club’s on a field trip to the University of Livingstonia. Over fifty-five girls endured the three-hour hike up to Livingstonia and all the way back down in just one day! Even…
Determined to Develop (D2D) recently hosted three different workshops with the help of visiting friends here in Malawi. One such friend, Laura Limarzi, volunteered with D2D several years ago and loved Malawi so much that, upon graduation from the Univesity of North Carolina, she returned to Malawi to work on…
As the world commemorated International Women’s Day last Thursday, March 8, D2D celebrated with our sponsored female youth. The campus pavilion was filled with young women aspiring toward different dreams. It was empowering to recognize other females around the globe who have made their mark and successfully achieved their goals…
Children in every culture and every country need to be protected and we believe that protection should be as strong in a developing country as it is in a Western country. Recognizing this, Determined to Develop (D2D), through the leadership of our Executive Director, has further formalized our signature program,…