Good Soil Academy is a new Girls' Christian Secondary Boarding School in Central Malawi founded with the hope of building better opportunities for young women. The Academy provides Innovative Education, including College Preparatory courses, spiritual discipleship, leadership development, biblical entrepreneurship training, technology, and skills acquisition.
For rural girls, the gift of a high quality secondary education can break a cycle of generational poverty, food scarcity, early motherhood, and years of manual labor in the fields. When a girl successfully goes on to complete a university degree and finds a job or starts a business, on average, six members of her family group benefit, lifting her community.
Transforming the Lives of Young Malawian Women through Innovative Christian Education
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8th Poorest Country
35% pregnancy youth rate
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25% graduate high school
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Good Soil Academy
It takes more than excellent academics to break the cycle of poverty. 60% of college graduates in Malawi can not find employment, and as a result, they return to their villages educated but still in poverty.
Good Soil Academy not only prepares students for college, but also develops the leadership and entrepreneurial skills they will need to create new employment paths, launch careers, and start opportunity-driven businesses in Malawi’s challenging economic environment.
The Academy’s curriculum goes beyond National Education Standards, adding biblical leadership, skills acquisition, and entrepreneurial training. It is our hope that Good Soil Students become Malawi’s next generation of Leaders and Changemakers.
Transforming Girls into Future Christian Entrepreneurs & Leaders in Malawi, Africa
Good Soil Partners is a coalition of Western and Malawian Christians working together to build sustainable paths to success for young women at Good Soil Academy Malawi, an innovative, faith-based, change-oriented, girls residential secondary school with an applied focus on leadership training and entrepreneurship.
Good Soil Partners in the US and in Malawi have established an effective Co-building Partnership anchored by over 15 years of service. The shared goal of establishing an Academy is to create a enduring benefit for Malawi that will, by Grace, last for generations. Good Soil Partners is a 501C Non-profit based in the US, and a registered NGO in Malawi.
Generational Benefit
Good Soil Academy was founded to meet needs of the local community, namely an acute shortage of quality secondary school education for girls, and a wide gap between “book knowledge” and the very real life challenges faced by graduates in Malawi’s broken economy.
An Innovative Model
