The building is finished apart from painting, and the community members are now constructing a kitchen and toilet.
The first children have started to attend this week – about 25 at the moment.
We have already received a donation to buy resources for the nursery, so we will soon be buying toys and materials for educational play, to help the children’s physical and mental development. Big thanks go to Changing Stars Malawi for their support
We are now looking for help with developing the nursery school project and making it sustainable into the future.
We want to employ 2 nursery teachers, and we will need to offer a good salary, so we can attract the best candidates. This will cost around £200 per month.
Also, we are looking for a donor to make a monthly donation to pay for the school feeding programme. A good, nutritious meal every day is a very important part of a successful nursery school programme here in Malawi, and it’s a great opportunity to get involved in our Chimbota project.
Please contact us if you can help.
In the photo, we can see Village Head Yadinga outside the school. ‘Tawonga’ is the Chitonga word for thank you
Another exciting initiative has started this week.
Chimbota Community Development Organisation has partnered with Asewere Social Enterprise to start offering training in journalism and media to young women. The training courses will be led by our Marketing Manager Innocent, and each course will run for 3 months.
The first group of 12 students has already started the course. Most of these students are from the Asewere women’s groups in Machinjiri, but we are pleased that one of our Chimbota School graduates, Atupele, is also among them.
We are hoping that all the students will get a TEVETA certificate at the end of the course.
The next group of students will begin their course on March 1st 2023. Depending on the numbers of students who are interested, this second training could take place either in Machinjiri or in Nkhata Bay.
We hope to find more funding, so that it can be available to boys as well as girls next time.
Please let us know if you are interested in being part of this exciting project.