The Nchima (pronounced 'Encheema') Trust is a small charity, originally founded in 1962 by the Gardiner family.

The Nchima Trust only provides funds for projects within Malawi. Donations are presently concentrated on Health, Education, Rural Credit, Orphan Support and a thriving Community Centre at Thyolo. The Trust has developed a strong focus on sponsoring education.

Donations are targetted and monitored carefully. On the ground in Malawi we have one or two unpaid volunteers who ensure that all funding is spent appropriately. The volunteers meet student beneficiaries regularly to obtain feedback on their progress, oversee projects and distribute items listed in the gift list.

The Nchima Trust expenses relate to a vehicle which the Trust runs in Malawi and one or two flights a year from the UK to Malawi for UK based trustees who visit existing projects and students in order to ensure that the objectives of the Trust are being adequately met and also to investigate potential new projects and meet new contacts.

The Nchima Trust has no paid employees.

Its early operations were in the Thyolo and Blantyre districts in the Southern Region of Malawi. 

Later the Trust extended its activities to meet the needs of individuals and communities throughout the country.