Temwani Chilenga

Temwani Chilenga (born c.1997) is a Malawian teacher who founded an orphanage in Lilongwe. She started the Zoe Foundation and she was awarded the Commonwealth Points of Light award.

Life Chilenga was born in about 1997. She was the fifth of seven children born to a meteorologist and a teacher. working at the St. John Convent Primary School. She cared about her students and having realised that some were orphans, she started the Zoe Foundation which in time looked after about 100 orphans.

She teaches at Chambu Primary School in the Area 25 community of Lilongwe. 60% of children do not complete primary education in Malawi even though the education is nominally free. Poor children cannot meet the small additional charges made by the school and orphans particularly need to find food and other essentials. Chilenga uses part of her salary and money from well-wishers to assist her pupils.

In 2021 the Second Lady Mary Chilima paid for a meal for all the children in the orphanage. She and her Children First Trust donated other items and lauded Temwani Chilenga.

In 2024 her work was lauded by the future minister of health Madalitso Baloyi and 5m kwacha by a Malawian Insurance company because they admired her work.