Every one of us has the potential for remarkable achievements and every one of us can accomplish the impossible in our lives if given the right inspiration and motivation to do so. This is how I may summarize the good will that Join My Village (JMV) is doing. Most of our rural girls we support both in Primary and Secondary schools in Kasungu have never been to town and if you ask them what they want to be when they grew up, many of them will...
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Vandana at 12 is not very different from other girls of her age.  She has dreams in her eyes and she wears a shy smile on her face. What make her stand out is the ‘never give up’ spirit amongst adversities and challenges.  Vandana was once enrolled in school but she does not remember when. However, her education was punctuated by a long break as economic hardship forced her father to migrate to Delhi, and later to Mumbai for work. Meanwhile her mother shouldered the responsibility...
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A form 2 student at Santhe Secondary school, Alinafe Kayuwe strongly feels that she too can make it to the levels of some of the women she sees at her school. And she is thrilled to have Jestina Kunkuyu as her mentor and best friend despite Jestina growing up in the working class. Jestina’s high level of integrity and dedication makes her trustworthy and a role model to some girls.Jestina Kunkuyu at 25 years works as a Human Resource and Clerical officer for Santhe Secondary...
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When a girl is educated, nourished and protected, she shares her knowledge and skills with her family and community, and forever changes the future of the nation.With 20 houses that Join My Village has constructed so far, 20 schools now have female teachers in the rural areas of Kasungu district. Despite being teachers to the whole school, to some girls, these female teachers are mentors.“Mrs. Maggie Dzimwe is our class teacher but to me she is more than that, she is my mentor.   I admire...
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Join My Village gave them reference materials in primary school and now it’s their time for a new beginning in their life and a new generation of scholarship girls.     When JMV supplied the reference materials to 15 rural primary schools in the district of Kasungu in central Malawi, little did the school girls know that one day they will benefit from a Join My Village scholarship as well. The 300 reference materials that Join My Village has provided to date have benefited more than...
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