20 years of the Nick Webber Trust!
On May 30, 2025, the Nick Webber Trust will be 20 years old. In that time, we’ve raised an incredible £917,397, and spent every last penny of it on helping the people of Malawi.
In our first 20 years, we have
- Built 20 brick classrooms in five rural primary schools
- Built classrooms, a science and computer laboratory, a teacher’s house and a hostel at a secondary school, plus a nursery school, library, children’s centre, kitchen, toilets and vocational skills training block in the same village.
- Funded several hundred places at state boarding schools for children who had been living on the streets, and for others from disadvantaged backgrounds, having paid 1014 years’ worth of school fees, and 63 years’ worth of fees for college and university courses.
- Built a safe house for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
- Funded distributions of over 1200 reusable sanitary packs to female school pupils.
- Provided a fully-stocked law library to Malawi’s Legal Aid Department.
- Sponsored five students through the full four years of their law degrees.
- Helped establish the first palliative care centre in Malawi.
…and much more.
Who we are
The Trust was set up in memory of Nick Webber, who died tragically in a car accident at the age of 28 while working in Malawi as a volunteer lawyer. Following the spirit of the work Nick was doing, our aim is to support some of Malawi’s poorest and most marginalised people by funding projects in education, healthcare and community support, and access to justice.
NWT guarantees that every penny donated to the Trust goes directly to helping the people of Malawi. All secondary costs such as administrative and travel expenses are borne by friends and family. The Trust is run by a board of six trustees with a wider committee of advisers whose expertise we call upon when necessary. We have no religious or political affiliation or agenda – our aim is simply to help improve the lives of Malawi’s most marginalised people.
NWT aims to work with and empower Malawians to build a better future. We select projects which we consider will have the greatest and most sustainable impact on the most vulnerable in society. Our projects cover different areas of need, encompassing education, health provision, community support and access to justice. You can find out more on the Education, Health and community, and Justice pages.
We operate with clear and transparent criteria for funding decisions – you can access these as well as our annual reports and other policy documents on How we work.
About Malawi
Malawi is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa bordered by Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. It’s known as the “warm heart of Africa” due to the friendliness and hospitality of its people.
Despite its vibrancy and cultural richness, Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries, with widespread levels of poverty, inequality and food insecurity. The vast majority of the 21.4m strong population live rurally and are dependent on agriculture which is increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Cyclical food shortages caused by droughts and flood affect millions, for example, in 2023 3.8m people needed food aid.
Access to education and healthcare are both challenging, with rural clinics often lacking trained staff and essential medicines and the average Malawian spending only 4.5 years in school. There are also issues around infrastructure, with poor roads and transport links across the country and only 15% national electricity coverage.
- Approximately 70% of Malawians live below the international poverty line of around £1.60 per day
- Over half of all Malawians live in what the World Bank classes as ‘extreme poverty’
- Over 20% of Malawians are undernourished
- 37% of children under the age of 5 suffer from stunted growth
- Around 65% of children fail to complete basic education
With one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the world, there is great potential to implement positive change and improve living standards in Malawi.
NWT always works in partnership with local communities and organisations ‘on the ground’ because our ethos is to empower Malawians to identify and implement the changes they need.
Contact us
The easiest way to contact us is to email nickwebbertrust@gmail.com or write to us at the address below.
If you would like to make a donation, please visit our Donate page.
If you have a project you would like to propose, please first read our guidelines and policy documents on How we work.
The Nick Webber Trust 