MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how UNICEF’s Victor Chinyama helped create the K.I.N.D. Fund, Kids in Need of Desks, which provides desks to classrooms in Malawi where the elementary school students have never had desks and scholarships for girls to attend high school. You can learn how to help K.I.N.D. Fund students at lastworddesks.ms.now.

Chikondi Banda shares a bedroom with her grandmother in the house her grandmother grew up in. One day, Chikondi hopes to have her own bedroom after she completes her education thanks to a scholarship you provided from the KIND Fund. Learn more about how you can help girls like Chikondi in Malawi at lastworddesks.ms.now

Damson Senzani, head teacher at a primary school in Malawi, sees firsthand that a K.I.N.D. Fund desk in a classroom can lift students off the floor and change how they perform in school to reach their goals. You can learn how to help students in Malawi at lastworddesks.ms.now

Annastecia Gausi, a 15-year-old student in Malawi, was sent home from school because she could not pay her school fees. Girls face so many challenges to get their education in Malawi. Thanks to your contributions, Annastecia received a K.I.N.D. Fund scholarship and is back in school “fighting for her freedom.” You can learn more at lastworddesks.ms.now

Poet Amanda Gorman joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss how she will make a difference as UNICEF’s newest Ambassador to change the lives of children around the world.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell shares NBA star Bill Russell’s challenge to us on Martin Luther King Day: “What are you going to do with it?” in the first days of the second Trump administration.

Eunice Nyirongo is a factory worker in Malawi who helps produce desks for the K.I.N.D. Fund, Kids in Need of Desks, which your generous contributions support. Eunice has two daughters that sit at desks she created in their classrooms for the first time and says that “education is the key to success.” Learn more at lastworddesks.msnbc.com

Chimwemwe Daudi, a seventh grader in Malawi, had never seen a desk in her life. She sat on the floor for her whole education. Thanks to your generous contributions to the K.I.N.D. Fund, Chimwemwe and her classmates have been lifted up off the floor and are learning at desks. Learn more at lastworddesks.msnbc.com

Chisomo Daimon, who completed high school thanks to your generous contributions to the K.I.N.D. Fund, Kids in Need of Desks, is now on her way to college in Malawi. You can learn more at lastworddesks.msnbc.com

Filmmaker Penny Lane joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” in which she documents donating a kidney to a stranger and how the process was “really hard” and made her “more proud” that she did it.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell meets his new best friend, Lawrence Namacha, a student in Malawi who never had a desk. Thanks to your generous contributions to Kids in Need of Desks, Lawrence Namacha now learns from a desk in his classroom. Learn more at lastworddesks.msnbc.com

Audrino Kayipa was able to complete her high school education in Malawi thanks to your generous contributions to the K.I.N.D. Fund. Audrino went on to finish college and has reached her dream of becoming a nurse. Learn more at lastworddesks.msnbc.com