Amazing schools like Mukwashi need brilliant teachers to achieve their outstanding results, but these teachers need somewhere to live.

Until now, Mukwashi’s teachers have had to rent primitive and degrading shacks on local farms.  This year, however, Mukwashi is seeking to build fifteen ‘improved living’ homes (with solar lighting and heated water) on its school site – one for  every teacher.

These new homes are costing an average of £5,800 each – and we want to raise the funds to pay for one of them. We hope this will forge a permanent link between Birmingham’s young people and Mukwashi which will enrich  both communities for decades to come.

As a family, we learnt about Mukwashi Trust School through reading about its impact in southern Africa, watching its performances and – this year – Hosanna taking part in its poetry exchange with her school.

So it seemed a great idea for us as a family to organise a concert for Mukwashi using our links with some of Birmingham’s youth theatre, music & dance groups and the secondary school Lex & Sophie attend.

Please come to the showcase – and please donate generously. It’s rare that £5,000 can build a teacher a good quality new home.