The McConnell International Foundation

Our Keep Girls in School scholarships are one year old. We are so proud of the girls in Salima and Balaka districts and grateful to our sponsors TUUT. #Malawi #education

Our founder and chairperson @LordMcConnell on today’s announcement about cuts to UK aid. huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/children…

Our founder and chairperson @LordMcConnell on the negative impact UK government aid cuts will have on women and children #IWD2026 labourlist.org/2026/03/intern…

Today: Our chair @LordMcConnell with Maggie Banda, the executive director of our Malawi partner @WOLREC - working together to make a difference.

Today is #InternationalDayOfEducation nothing matters more than giving youngsters an education. They will thrive. Their communities will thrive. And their country will flourish. #Malawi

It’s #DayOfTheGirl 💜. You can make a real difference to a girl’s life by helping her stay in school. Every pound is matched by @BigGive so you will DOUBLE the difference you can make. Join us to keep girls in school donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS…

Hello! We have started our last big fundraiser of the year with @BigGive and their women and girls campaign. We have a week to match the £2500 already assigned to us. Help us double the difference we can make in Malawi 🙏🏽#WGMF donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS…

Thanks to everyone who supported our 2025 @thekiltwalk efforts. The response has been phenomenal. A huge thank you to the Moulsdale Foundation for agreeing to match every £ we raise. Our @JustGiving campaign closes on 26 September so there's still time 🙏 justgiving.com/campaign/kgis-…

From start ➡️to finish… Firsherrow to Murrayfield! Still out there? Keep going we’ll be waiting! 💚

An amazing effort by the MIF team at today’s @thekiltwalk raising £1000s for our Keep Girls in School programme. Thank you everyone who supported us - it means the world 🌍

The Foundation’s Malawi partner @WOLREC has just been honoured as the country’s best community-empowerment NGO. Our chair @LordMcConnell and the MIF team are proud to work with the amazing Maggie K Banda and her fantastic team 👏🏽🇲🇼

The Foundation’s team for @thekiltwalk on 14 September is now 18 strong. You can support their efforts to keep girls in school here 🙏🏽 justgiving.com/campaign/kgis-…

Our founder and chairperson @LordMcConnell speaks out against cuts to development aid - link to the Foundation’s latest fundraiser to. support girls to stay in school in replies. dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/…

Our @thekiltwalk team (14 and growing) is in training for their Big Stroll/Wee Wander. They are walking so girls in Malawi can stay in school, where they belong. You can support their efforts on our JustGiving team page. Thanks, and have a great weekend. justgiving.com/campaign/kgis-…

The Edinburgh @thekiltwalk is exactly 2 months away and our team of intrepid walkers is raring to go. Every pound we raise goes to keeping 200 girls in rural Malawi in school - where they belong. You can support our efforts here justgiving.com/campaign/kgis-…

The foundation supports 200 girls in Malawi to stay in school. This article shows how it is poverty that stops girls from reaching their potential. No girl should be denied an eduction because of money. theconversation.com/what-keeps-gir…

As the world becomes a more dangerous place, our chair @LordMcConnell is one of more than 60 senior figures who has written to @10DowningStreet demanding that UK keeps investing in peace. He ✍️@HuffPostUK huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/uk-must-…

WOLREC, Malawi’s leading NGO for women and girls manages our Keep Girls in School programme - this is their founder and CEO Maggie Banda on the women’s manifesto for Malawi’s elections in September

Tomorrow (2 June) sees the start of the Junior Certificate exams in Malawi, taken by Year 2 secondary school students. As part of our Keep Girls in School programme we supported study classes for 100 girls. Good luck girls! Thanks to @keepachildalive for help making this happen!

It’s #AfricaDay. These young women are the continent’s future, which is why it so important that they receive the best possible education. We can all do our part. Our scholarship scheme supports 200 girls in Malawi to complete secondary school. justgiving.com/campaign/keepi…

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Christina McKelvie MSP, a longstanding friend of the Scotland-Malawi relationship. Our thoughts are with her loved ones. Read more: shorturl.at/KPICD #ripchristinamckelvie #scotlandmalawi