The purpose of the fundraising campaign is to support three main strands of the Berkshire Scouts Project Africa programme:

1 continuing to fund small projects between visits to Africa (see below);

2 help meet the cost for a small group of Malawi Scouts to attend WINGS (2026);

3 support local Scouting in Malawi (especially the startup of new Groups in our projects areas).

For the past 14 years Berkshire Scouts has been supporting and helping with projects in rural Africa. There have been four visits to help build and refurbish schools and community centres (Uganda 2011, 2015, 2019 and Malawi 2024).

Click this link to see the latest project in Malawi.

The funding for major projects undertaken during visits are separate fundraising events and over £100,000 has been raised during the past 14 years to meet specific project costs. In the past, fundraising for projects between main visits has included teacher salaries, educational materials, IT equipment, solar panels, and maintaining projects completed during main visits.

The Project Africa programme also includes a Challenge Badge based on global awareness to help Scouts of all sections to understand the lives of their peers in a developing African country.

Further information about Berkshire Scouts and Project Africa is available from: projectafrica@berkshirescouts.org.uk