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Marani Foundation

Focus Areas

Where we'll focus our work

Six connected areas, each designed with communities and partners. The examples below describe our intentions, not completed work.
Secondary school students reading books together around a wooden table

Education

We believe every learner deserves the chance to reach their potential. Our education work will focus on access, encouragement and practical support, designed together with schools, parents and community leaders.

What we intend to support

  • Community learning and reading spaces
  • Mentorship and career guidance
  • Learning materials for under-resourced schools
Clean water flowing from a community tap into a yellow jerrycan

Water & Sanitation

Clean water and good sanitation are foundations of health and dignity. We intend to work with communities, local authorities and qualified technical partners on sustainable, community-maintained solutions.

What we intend to support

  • Community-led water point planning
  • Hygiene awareness in schools and public spaces
  • Long-term maintenance and ownership models
Community volunteers packing food parcels together outdoors

Community Welfare

Strong communities look after one another. Our welfare work aims to complement existing community structures with respectful, needs-based support for vulnerable households.

What we intend to support

  • Needs-based support for vulnerable households
  • Partnerships with community and faith groups
  • Emergency response coordination
Several hands planting a young tree seedling in red soil

Sustainable Development

Lasting progress must respect the land it depends on. We plan to support environmental stewardship and livelihood initiatives that communities can sustain for generations.

What we intend to support

  • Tree planting and environmental clean-ups
  • Climate-smart livelihood initiatives
  • Environmental education
Teenagers playing a community football match on a dusty pitch at sunset

Sports

Sport brings people together across every background. Our flagship idea is the proposed Marani Youth Football League — a pilot that would work alongside existing, independent community clubs.

What we intend to support

  • Proposed Marani Youth Football League pilot
  • Fair play, safeguarding and coach development
  • Community sports days
Youth League (proposed)
Young adults learning digital skills on laptops with a mentor

Youth Empowerment

Young people are not only the future — they are leaders today. We intend to open doors to skills, mentorship and enterprise so that young people can shape their own paths.

What we intend to support

  • Digital and vocational skills training
  • Leadership and civic engagement
  • Enterprise and employability support