Typical of the rainy season here in Malawi, it was a wet and cloudy Saturday morning in Kasungu when people from the Nyemba primary school witnessed the “handing over” ceremony of a teacher’s house built by Join My Village.This time it was a symbolic presentation of nine houses and the District Education Manager’s (DEM) office received the house keys from Join My Village on behalf of the community.In attendance were Senior Chief Chidzuma, representatives from District Education Network, department of planning, the district education manager,...
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How I wish this was written in “Chichewa” a mother tongue for our people in Kasungu so that I could exactly write what our people have been saying. Never mind whether it was going to be 4 paged blog or more!Just for a moment let me be your teacher for only today; Zikomo means THANK YOU! – End of lesson!It is now more than three years since we started talking about Join My Village in Kasungu. I know we all say thank you every day....
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If she is not in class teaching, then she is busy supervising people working in her day to day income generating works. She is a teacher and small farmer. She plies her trade carefully knowing she is here on the government ticket but she is also fully aware that the small salary provided by the government cannot support her and her dependants. She is Mrs. Elesiya Msowoya a female teacher teaching at one of the rural schools in Kasungu district. “Money has never been enough to...
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An effective project is one which its goals are well set and explained and where all parties participate with a purpose. The construction of female teacher’s house by Join My Village in Kasungu has faced little or no resistance from the participating communities because it was well planned during the project’s inception that we all have a role. It is not surprising though that members of the communities know their roles in every mini-project of Join My Village and house construction being one. The women know...
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Education enhances life. It can end generational circles of poverty and diseases and provide a foundation for sustainable development. Many girls in Kasungu are denied the chance to get an education which condemns them to a life of missed opportunities.Some parents force the girls into early marriages just to run away from their parental responsibility. They think when she is married whether to an old man or a polygamist then all the responsibility is transferred to the husband.Employment in labor field of Tobacco production is...
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