Community Day Secondary Schools Near Zomba, Malawi …In an attempt to improve the education of the children of Malawi in December 1999 the Malawi Ministry of Education Science and Technology announced a “revolutionary” policy to create a new system of schools. Almost overnight it converted scores of Distance Education Centers into Community Day Secondary Schools […]
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Few people in the world have a greater respect for books than do the children of Malawi. Books are learning, learning is education, and education is their only escape from the poverty that grips sub-Saharan Africa. With books they can learn to care for themselves and grow to be independent, self-functioning, successful and productive citizens.
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We recently received a letter from Ben Hayes, Director of the Namikango Mission Bible School , near the city of Thwonde, Malawi. This is a letter to you, our contributors, volunteers, friends and prayer warriors. Thank you for helping Ben Hayes and many others touch the lives of the poor. Dick Stephens One of the unique
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Update!: Textbooks are delivered! Zomba, Malawi … Excitement was everywhere, and a jovial environment engulfed this small community west of Zomba. Songs rang out among the students of the Nankhunda Primary School, and elation revealed the mood where even an old newspaper causes one to want to sit down and read. These students, like most
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Thondwe, Malawi …Fatsileni Patero is a student at Katamba Community Day Secondary School in southern Malawi, and she represents so many young girls, and boys who have little access to learning materials. It is five kilometers from her home to the school, and she is one of thousands of students who walk great distances from
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Austin, Texas … When a visitor enters a Malawi school, especially those schools in rural trading centers and village areas, they will almost always be struck by the lack of desks, teaching supplies, chalkboards, pencils and paper, chairs, and library and textbooks. The question is immediately asked, “How can children possibly learn without supplies?” The
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An ever-increasing advance in technology is changing the way people in Malawi behave, work and communicate. It has been made possible through technology. Communication is increasingly becoming simple with the coming on the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter and, for some, life is becoming easier. People find information through the click of a button. For them,
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“International Day of the African Child,” has been recognized on June 16 each year since 1991, when initiated by the Organization of African Unity. It is an effort to focus to the problems being faced by children on the African continent. For many children in Malawi, especially those who live in the village areas, there
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Working with the Malawi Project in the U.S. and the Namikango Mission and Maternity Clinic in Malawi, two Canadian groups have supplied Bibles, Commentaries and other religious material to Malawi. Universal Aide and Compassionate Warehouse in British Columbia, Canada recently sent a 20-foot trailer filled with thousands of books for Bible students, church leaders, and
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It Has Been Called "The Eton of Africa" The late President Hastings Kamuzu Banda founded the Kamuzu Academy in November 1981. The school has been recognized as an elite facility bringing academic excellence to a highly motivated and skilled student body. The school is located in the Kasungu District of Malawi and
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