When Join My Village landed in Kasungu district way back in 2009, the first thing we did was to enter into an agreement with the Kasungu District Education Manager’s (KUDEM) office as one way of pulling each other towards a common goal; improving girls access to education in the rural areas of the district. Among the areas of agreement were: Join My Village to construct houses for female teachers; provide some reference materials for primary schools; and provide scholarships to needy and intelligent girls who...
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Many teachers teach through commitment and experience. But behind these committed and experienced teachers, there are reference materials which require the commitment from students themselves to participate and become engrossed into learning. Zumani primary school is 53 kilometres west of Kasungu town and it is just within the edge of Kasungu National Park.  The school has an attendance of 636 students of which 302 are girls. Previously, the school had no grade 8 classes where students could sit for secondary school entrance examination and the reason...
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Imagine, you are a teacher in rural Kasungu and you are among just 6 teachers teaching at a school like Mtoso which has a total of 1056 students. Honestly, the teacher to student ratio at Mtoso primary school is compromised. The government, according to the Kasungu district education office, recommends the 1: 60 as a good teacher to student ratio. Mtoso is a full primary school with grades 1 to 8 but one may wonder how do 6 teachers manage such a large number of students?...
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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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What a great year we had here at Join My Village!  Thanks to your support and engagement, we were able to unlock $900,000 for CARE programs in Malawi four weeks early.  What a great testament to the power of online actions to help us enact change!We made great strides in 2011.  We welcomed Merck as a new partner which helped us release even more funds.  We saw the number of secondary school scholarships nearly double – increasing from 161 in Year 1 to 241 in...
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