Building More Than Just Walls

In Kuchata Village Lilongwe Malawi, an old building was abandoned by a big NGO in 2014 as their project had come to an end. However, since then, there has been a sharp increase in the number of Children dropping out of school, young girls getting into marriages at very young ages, in the Kuchata Community due to the high rate of poverty, malnutrition, and lack of school materials and the considerable distance to the nearest government school, which is about 5 kilometers away. As we speak about 7 out of 10 children either don't attend school or drop out of school. Therefore when we came into the community the local chiefs generously offered us the use of an old school building to help us implement our project of promoting education, food literacy, and sustainable farming practices.
We started cleaning up the old school to revive the school and hope to transform the existing building into a fully operational school. We are also doing village cleanup drives with the children, focusing on collecting discarded plastic bottles. This helps in creating a cleaner environment around the community and also serves a dual purpose. The plastic bottles will repurposed for a drip irrigation system, providing a sustainable water source for the newly planted tree seeds that will be planted around the new school.

My wish is to renovate the old building and establish a school for these children. If this wish comes true it will not only address the educational gap but also provide an opportunity to educate the children about food literacy and sustainable farming practices. I believe that this integrated approach will have a lasting impact on the community and ensure that the children of Kuchata Village have access to education and a brighter future.