Sparkle Foundation

The Sparkle Foundation runs education, health, nutrition and community programmes for women and children in Malawi. The NGO runs a school, orphanage, and a farm, and supports local health networks. UK-registered but led out of the UAE by recognised humanitarian, Sarah Brook, the NGO is seeking to create sustainable support models responding directly to on-the-ground need rather than donor preference. Programmes are led by in-country teams and offer life skills and livelihood opportunities that help communities help themselves. Sparkle has developed a number of corporate partnerships in the UAE and is pioneering new models for fundraising and volunteer engagement.

Related sustainable development goals

  • No Poverty
  • Zero Hunger
  • Quality Education
  • Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • Climate Action

Impact

In 2025 Sparkle Foundation has:

Provided 30 villages with services

Delivered 46,578 hours of learning

Carried out 3,339 clinic visits

Served 21,021 meals

Focus areas

Focus sectors

  • Development
    • Economic development
      • Community improvement
      • Rural development
    • Sustainable development
  • Education
    • Early childhood education
    • Elementary and secondary education
      • Child educational development
    • Education services
  • Health
    • Public health
    • Healthcare access
    • Medical support services
  • Humanitarian

Focus populations

  • Caregivers
  • Children
  • Infants and toddlers
  • Low-income people
  • Orphans
  • Women and girls
  • Working poor

Focus geographies

  • Africa
    • Malawi

Programmes

  • Sparkle Education
     

     

  • Sparkle Health
     

     

  • Sparkle Nutrition
     

     

  • Sparkle Outreach
     

     

  • Sponsor a child

    Sparkle invites donors to sponsor a child for a monthly fee of Dhs 150. The money gives the child access to e Sparkle education programme, healthcare services and provide them with two meals a day, for a month. You can register here.

Financials

Funding model

  • Foundation-administered programme awards
  • Programme related investment
  • Volunteering

Funding source

  • Corporate
  • Fundraising

Operations

Key staff

  • Ilona de Sante Marie, Project co-ordinator
  • Sarah Brook, Founder and CEO
  • Tasneem Kara, General manager

Board members

  • Fazeela Gopalani
  • Gareth Dray
  • Joyce Mataya
  • Menassie Teddesse, Chairman, UAE Board
  • Neville Prior, Trustee chair, UK
  • Ozzie Nabanda
  • Patrick Doyle, Vice chair, UAE board
  • Robert Kew
  • Shaun Gause
  • Suhail Mirza, Legal advisor, UAE

Contact details

  • https://www.thesparklefoundation.org
  • The Garden Concept store, 1st floor, The Sparkle Foundation office 733 Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Quoz Industrial 3, Dubai, United Arab Emirates The Sparkle Foundation, P.O Box 1122 Sogoja, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi, 1234 The Sparkle Foundation, Office 44733, PO Box 6945 Mount Pleasant, City Of London London W1A 6US United Kingdom