Ranked among the world’s 5 least developed countries on the UN Human Development Index, the country of Malawi has long been challenged by lack of access to education. In 2014, with funds raised from UVT volunteer's, Dothi Village was able to construct a 24-foot by 30-foot building to house the village's first ever Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC). Villagers volunteered to become teachers and the first class convened Sept 2014 with an enrollment of 50 children. During our second-year enrollment increased to 75 children and is growing each year.  The children attending our ECDC program are more prepared than other children entering into primary school and have a lower drop out rate.

UVT builds school blocks in villages that have never before had an adequate school structure—improving the lives of students and community members by promoting gender equality and providing increased access to quality education.