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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Her name is Lanai Maluwa. She is 22 years old and fresh from Teachers’ Training College. Today, she is a teacher at Bindu Primary school where she teaches grades 2 and 4 while happily living in a house that was built by Join My Village at the school.    “If it were not for Join My Village building this house here at Bindu Primary school, I wouldn’t allow myself to be posted to this school” narrates Lanai Maluwa, the only female teacher at the school. Lenai...
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There was happiness everywhere recently in Kaisi when the village and its surrounding communities celebrated  Join My Village handing over a female teacher’s house at Chalowa primary school. The guest of honor on this colorful ceremony was the Deputy Minister of Education responsible for higher education honorable, Mrs. Otria Moyo Jere, who also happens to be the Member of Parliament for the area. Also in attendance were Traditional Authorities, Village Headmen, teachers from the surrounding schools, primary education advisors, school management committees and representatives from...
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She joined the teaching profession in 1994. A divorcee originally from Dzoole village near the capital Lilongwe, she has relocated 2 hours north to Kasungu District to be the first female teacher to be allocated one of the houses that Join My Village has built. Her name is Ida Chikweza.Ida has four children, two girls and two boys and used to teach at an urban primary school. She has been transferred to Chalowa Primary School in Kasungu where Join My Village has built a house...
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Like strong tides running to conquer the shore. This is how I would describe the female teachers Join My village is working with in rural areas of the Kasungu district in Malawi.Join My Village knows how important female teachers are for the future of girls in Malawi. They are important role models for young girls, improve the quality of teaching and add diversity to the school environment.  That is why Join My Village is supporting female teachers by constructing safe, new teachers' houses in our...
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