Butterfly Space is a non-profit, volunteer community project serving the people of Nkhata Bay on the shores of Lake Malawi. It uses its income-generating eco-lodges to fund fifteen diverse sub-projects that run year round, including a nursery school, sustainable gardens, disabled-access youth group, an internet centre, and links to local primary schools.
The CRED – Butterfly Space partnership focuses very much on bringing together volunteers from the UK with a range of opportunities that are available at Butterfly. Thanks to the diversity of the projects, volunteers can always find something that best suits their skill-set, and there are also lots of openings for getting involved in new projects developing new skills.
Butterfly’s newest venture is ‘The Stepping Stones’ primary school which is serving a gap in the market and providing high-quality education for children who currently aren’t able to access any such provision. CRED supporters are helping in a number of ways, from fundraising, through shipments of resources, to hands-on volunteering support.
Latest News
New hostel at Stepping Stones – Malawi 2 Jul 2025 Since February, 25 students—11 girls (Including Brenda, seen below) and 14 boys—have been boarding at the Stepping Stones hostel for a four-month period. They are housed in two dormitory wings, with no more than eight students per room, creating a cozy and supportive environment. The hostel, which was kitted out…
Baby basket blessings for young mums at Butterfly Space 4 Dec 2024 Young mums at the Nkhata Bay hospital have recently been blessed by another delivery of the Butterfly Space Baby Basket programme. Through this, baby baskets are filled with clothes, blankets and nappies suitable for newborns, and then given to young mums who, for various reasons, don’t have the resources to…