School Uniform 

In Malawi, children wear uniforms to school. With the abolition of official school fees for primary school, the cost of uniforms can be one of the largest expenses for families.
• School uniforms mean that students aren’t competing in their attire, so hopefully more attention stays on their studies. Uniforms can downplay economic differences between students that would otherwise be more apparent.
• School uniforms can instill a feeling of community among students.
• Through the increased sense of community and the reduced salience of economic inequality, uniforms could improve discipline.
• School uniforms may make it easier to identify unauthorized visitors to the school.
• School uniforms reduce the time students spend deciding what to wear, allowing more time for sleeping or studying.
A problem in Malawi is that children, whose parents can't afford a uniform are not allowed into Primary School. We believe that uniforms empower children to carry out their dreams because something as small as the lack of a uniform can often be a deterring factor in the lives of children in rural communities. As the Growth Center, we donated school uniforms to poor children to equip them with full school clothing as well as basic school supplies so that they can be enabled to go to school with confidence and self-respect.

In partnership with one family, The Growth Center was able to provide school uniforms for the needy students to enable them continue school.