"Helping to provide academic and non-academic health and educational
assistance to impoverished children and adults in the north of Malawi"

Trustee members

Rosa Jacobs, Jonny Jacobs, Jonny Harris, Matt Dean and Michael Nissim.

Rosa Jacobs (Chairperson): Rosa has spent more than 15 years working and operating in the charitable sphere on both a paid and voluntary basis, as well as partaking in numerous youth leadership schemes in England and abroad. After completing a BA in literature and a BSc in mathematics she went to Malawi and worked in various educational arenas in the north of the country. In 2008 she spent 2 months in Ruarwe and in 2009 Phunzira was founded.

Jonny Jacobs: Jonny has spent more than a decade providing transactional legal advice to international private equity and venture capital financial clients on mergers and acquisitions, fund raising, investment transactions, restructurings and investor relations. In addition, he has spent over 20 years teaching leadership and motivational skills to young people around the world and has directed leadership programmes, events and conventions in Europe, the Middle East, the USA and Australia.

Jonny Harris: Jonny is an artist, animator and creative director living in Glasgow. Studying at Manchester Met University, he gained a BA in Contemporary Arts before going on to do an MA in The Digital Moving Image at London Guildhall. On top of his creative pursuits, Jonny has a big love of the outdoors and can often be found climbing and exploring the mountains and hills of Scotland in his spare time. Jonny was the first person to ever fundraise for Phunzira when he climbed Mont Blanc in 2009!

Matt Dean (Secretary): Matt is a partner at the London office of Kirkland and Ellis International LLP, where he primarily advises his clients on international acquisitions and dispositions. He has a B.A. from the University of Michigan, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and an L.L.M. from University College London.

Michael Nissim: Michael is a media director of an independent media agency, predominantly advising clients on how to maximise the effectiveness of their advertising through creative and strategic analysis. In collaboration with his company, he also helps to source and maintain corporate sponsorship for small charities based in the UK.

UK charity number

1136460

Registered address

18 Brockley Avenue, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LX

Objectives

To advance the education of the public in academic subjects

To advance the education of school pupils in the north of Malawi by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities, not required to be provided by the local education authority, for education

To advance in life and help young people through:

1. the provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their conditions of life; and
2. providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals

To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by:

1. the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities; and
2. the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration. Sustainable development means development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need

The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in northern Malawi by providing such persons with services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means

Accounts & finances

Phunzira's accounts are fully transparent and posted on our website each year - we want people to know where their goodwill money is going, and we welcome any advice or comments:


*Phunzira started carrying out its objectives in north Malawi in mid-2010. The first project was to build a self-sustainable education centre (Nyumba ya Masambiro) that could be managed entirely by the community. A trust was established in Malawi in August 2010 to represent the centre - its accounts are fully transparent and will continue be posted here every year.