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LEARN Alliances & Success Stories

VillageReach Supply Chain Capacity Building in Malawi

Ongoing project

In 2024, VillageReach and LEARN Logistics started its collaboration in Malawi to assess the local educational needs in Malawi and help the universities with the curricula design, the structure of the study programs, and the delivery of health supply chain courses. Many universities lack the knowledge and teaching skills related to central subjects in the LSCM curricula and are short of staff to deliver the content to their students. Therefore, LEARN Logistics supports in building local capacities, i.e., the build-up of university faculty to deliver the programs. The overall approach is to engage and assist partners through the years with technical support for the implementation of the program and its continuity as it will promotes strong local commitment. The goal of this initiative is to create sustainable, high quality educational pathways for Malawians to pursue supply chain as a career, and to ensure that they have the right skills to manage well-functioning supply chains. All key activities will involve early engagement and technical consultations with key Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDAs), and other relevant partners in country.

This partnership is a good example for the Resource Model in which potent donors can financially support LEARN Logistics Mission to build capacities in LSCM education in low- and middle-income countries. Sometimes, organizations may refer to LEARN Logistics as “Implementer” of their funded projects that are carried out by applying LEARN Logistics resources, with financial support of the collaborating organizations, and always in close alignment between the involved parties.