Zebra Trust

Registered charity 309270 · since 1966·Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

Zebra Trust's stated priority area is East, Central and Southern Africa, and its main focus is secondary school fees, with teacher education as a further theme, so education-access or teaching-quality work in that region is the closest fit.
Its annual report gives no usable grants total and no grant range, so nothing published shows what size of request it expects, and a proportionate, clearly costed request is the safest starting point.
No way to apply was found, so the sensible first step is to ask the charity how it takes approaches before preparing a full application.
It does not fund students who are not in their final year of schooling, except in Zambia, so organisations supporting younger pupils outside Zambia should not apply.
Nothing in the annual report or register shows timing or how requests are compared, so do not assume how competitive it is.

Overview

Zebra Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 309270).

Zebra Trust is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 309270), and its charitable objects are the furtherance of education of children and young people of East and Southern Africa. It spends most of its income on grants for secondary school fees in East, Central and Southern Africa, prioritising young women and girls. It has also committed to a comprehensive teacher-education project.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Zebra Trust supports access to education for children and young people in East, Central and Southern Africa. It has mainly funded secondary school fees, prioritising young women and girls. Its charitable purpose is to further the education of children and young people in East and Southern Africa. It has also committed to a comprehensive teacher-education project intended to improve teaching quality across more than one area. Its support therefore encompasses individual learners as well as education delivered through organisations, with a focus on access to education and the quality of teaching.

Themes

Secondary school fees
Teacher education

Geographic Focus

Priority: East, Central and Southern Africa.

What they don't fund

Students who are not in their final year of schooling (except in Zambia)

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It prioritises young women and girls in its education support. (as reported in other published sources)

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Kenya
Lesotho
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2022	£49,438	£55,340	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£65,635	£64,581	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£59,518	£55,394	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£48,745	£15,403	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
year to 31 March 2026	£28,534	£341,023	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2026

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.