SELL PROGRAM
THINK AND CHOOSE
Recent Activities
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Young people from the three youth groups of Mzuzu University gathered at Ungweru Organisation Hall in Mzuzu on Saturday, 11 July 2026, for a SELL Programme leadership workshop that built ethical leadership skills through interactive discussions, reflection, teamwork,...
Young People Learn to Lead by First Understanding Themselves
Understanding yourself is the first step towards making better choices in life. That was the key message as the Sharing Education and Learning for Life (SELL) Programme brought together young people from Lusangazi and Mzimba Boma (Utatu-Utuwa) for engaging...
Self-Awareness Workshops Empower Youth Across Four Communities in Dowa
Young people from Nanthomba, Chezi, Mponela and Dzaleka in Dowa participated in SELL Programme self-awareness workshops on 6 June 2026, gaining practical life skills, confidence and knowledge to support personal growth, healthy relationships and responsible...
About The project
The SELL programme traces its origins to a programme developed in the north of Nigeria in the 1980โs by Maureen Sheehy, Pauline Connolly and Tommy Hayden. It was first called Ilmin Kowa (Learning for all in the Hausa language) and later in English Shared Education and Learning for Life. Under this name it was taken up by Noel McGeeney and Leo Traynor in 2002 and further developed as a youth formation programme. In 2006 it first went to Ghana and now in 2022 it has come to Malawi
In its thinking and way of working SELL is closely related to various programmes that have existed since the 1970โs in southern and eastern Africa. A general name for them has been Training for Transformation (TFT) and all of them were largely inspired by the Brazilian educationist called Paulo Freire.
The impactย
The sharing education and learning for life programme is designed to positively impact on the life of the community through the contributions of young people that are trained in the programme and those that participate in the programs offered by these trained SELL volunteer facilitators. Our Mission states โ โTo reach out to young people as agents of change, inviting them to share their experiences towards making life giving choices; deepening their respect for the earth and building families of justice, freedom and peace.โ
From participantsโ feedback we know we are touching lives positively. Attitudinal change is difficult to measure but we are convinced many young adults who encounter the programme do choose to develop a new attitude to life and to others one that involves greater understanding and tolerance for this reason we see the programme as an integrated peace-building work. It lifts our hearts to see prejudice stereotyping and bias being addressed by the participants and to be part of the dialogue that happens as young men and women reflect on how traditions can at times be enslaving. The evaluation forms filled confirm that those who take part do receive help and enjoy the participative learning approach.
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