As part of the programme, two early childhood development centres will be built on the selected tea estates to provide nutritious food and education to children in Malawi.
Graeme Karavis, managing director at Tetley, said: “Malawi is an important tea growing region. Bar Kenya, we buy more tea from Malawi than any other tea producing country and have been supporting projects in the area for many years.
“We’re really excited about this new partnership with Unicef UK and hope that the impact of the project will be felt immediately once the early childhood development centres are built and ready for use, and we look forward to helping achieve long term change for families and children, through the wider engagement programme.”
The early childhood development centres will be run and managed by caregivers who will be recruited and trained by Unicef.
Sue Adams, director of corporate partnerships at Unicef UK, added: “This partnership has the potential to benefit at least 2,000 children aged between zero to five years, as well as an additional 6,000 people including pregnant and lactating women, parents, caregivers and adolescent mothers.
“It’s thanks to Tetley, that we are able to deliver this life-changing work for children and families and create meaningful and long-lasting change.”