2024 Malawi Country Office Stories of Change Catchup Clubs

Catch-Up Clubs (CuC) Dream is a remedial learning program in 20 primary schools in rural Lilongwe, Malawi. It offers a 13-week curriculum to help learners catch up and supports children’s progress in school by focusing on literacy and socialemotional learning through play-based methods. This two-year project, starting in April 2022, has reached 3,600 learners in grades 3 to 5. It provides remedial education, child protection support for at-risk children, and cash and voucher assistance for economically vulnerable families. This publication presents various stories of change resulting from the project interventions.