1. Beyond KC Missions Fund Scholarship/Sponsorship Program

2. The BKC Missions Fund
Established in partnership with The Resurrection Foundation to provide a source of patient capital for BKC Missions
Donors’ dream was to build a school in Madisi, Malawi
Based on donors’ passion for missions, education and children
Donors’ assumption was that there were no schools in Madisi
Initial seeding was made in late 2010

3. Initial Impression
Two members of donors’ family participated in first Resurrection mission trip to Malawi, June 2011
“It felt like we were facing a 1,000-foot wall, and we wondered, where do we start? As our time there progressed, we realized that it’s not important where we start, but that we start.”

4. Education in Malawi UMC Nursery Schools Public/Private Primary Schools
Government Secondary Schools
University (within or outside Malawi)
Malawi UMC has scholarship program for students to Africa University, a UMC college in nearby Zimbabwe
Resurrection has also developed a lay scholarship program to Africa University, initially funding two scholarships

5. Public vs. Private Schools
Public school conditions poor
Student/teacher ratios up to 100:1 or more
Very limited resources (5 textbooks/class)
Existing network of private schools
To be vetted against doctrine, treatment of students
Cost much lower than US private schools

6. Sponsorship Similar to World Vision, Compassion, etc.
Group/individual will:
Provide ongoing funding for sponsored pastor’s child at a cost of $50 per month
Be able to send/receive correspondence/pictures to sponsored family through COR mission teams (subject to logistical considerations)
If participating in a mission trip to Malawi, would have opportunity for cultural visit to sponsored family (subject to logistical considerations)
34 children currently enrolled

7. Why Pastors’ Families? UMC pastors in Malawi are non-salaried
Major sacrifices to be a local pastor
Assigned to local villages with extremely poor conditions
A starting point

8. Benefits of Sponsorship
Provide opportunity for Malawi’s impoverished children
Sustain BKC Missions Fund into perpetuity
Provide opportunities for connection between Resurrection members/groups and people of Malawi beyond mission trip participation
Provide enhanced cultural opportunity for mission trip participants, incentive for participation in mission trips to Malawi
Strengthen bond between Resurrection and Malawi UMC

9. Cost of Sponsorship $50/month per student Provides:
Tuition
Books
Uniform
Shoes
Costs based on current annual estimates, and reflect inflation-based annual increases over ten years at the current Malawian inflation rate, averaged over ten years

10. Commitment Dependent on child’s year in school
Sponsors desiring a short-term commitment can sponsor a child in secondary school
Sponsors desiring a long-term commitment can sponsor a child in primary school, and/or sponsor a new child when their sponsored child graduates

11. Accountability
Program will be monitored by Malawi UMC and BKC Missions Staff/Malawi context leaders
Satisfactory progress must be maintained to remain eligible

12. Why? Christopher Hamera, translator, June team
Africa University student on scholarship from Malawi UMC
From Blantyre’s slums
“I want to graduate with a degree in Economics so that I can tithe my earnings back to the Malawi church” – sustainability and empowerment
Noel Kumwenda, translator, October team
First recipient of Resurrection lay scholarship to Africa University
From a remote village near Mzuzu
Walked to school, barefoot, 5 km each way to elementary school; went twice a day grades 6-8
Only student in his elementary school to be accepted to government secondary school

13. How Can I Get Involved? Sponsor a child
Participate in a mission trip to Malawi
Remember the church in your will or other estate plan through the Foundation
Designate a portion of your planned gift to the BKC Missions Fund
Volunteer
Participate in the Sacred Steps run/walk
Give to the Candlelight Christmas Eve offering
Pray for the Malawi UMC’s leadership and pastors, the children, the people of Malawi, and Resurrection’s Missions staff and volunteers

14. For More Information … Brian Hague, BKC Missions Malawi Context Leader
Tonya Hague, BKC Missions Malawi Context Co-Leader