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Mackenzie school Sponsored until 2009
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What, where and when:
The
Mackenzie School is a private school completely set up
with proper funds in the Mackenzie Village, on the many
villages in the Salima (Malawi) district. In this district there
are public schools but quite often the distance between the
different villages and the public schools are so big that none of
the children used to go to school. We realized that in a number of
villages the need for a local school existed; the children would
just hang around.
In 2003 we started building one class next to the church, followed
by a second class and the church is also used as a class during the
week.
We also ensured the construction of a corn mill which enables the
people in the near surroundings to mill their own corn and foresee
in their own provisions.
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Management:
This
project is managed by Mrs. Esther Grant. She is the initiator and
most important driving force of this project. With
her own means she started building the school and church. With the
help of a couple of “benefactors”, amongst which our non-profit
organization, she succeeds until now to keep the school running.
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Number of children:
At
the start of the project 80 children were registered, now 155.
There is a nursery class and a primary school from 1st
till 7th school year (primary school counts 7 years in
Malawi), after that the children go to secondary school.
Furthermore there are 9 teachers and 1 headmaster. This way every
class has its own teacher.
Costs: Initially all children could go to
school for free. Since the last semester, however, we have decided
to ask the parents for a small contribution for the meals. We did
foresee one free meal per day per child. However, due to lack of
resources, we had to ask the parents for a contribution of €1/month.
For some parents this was even too much.
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The
main costs are:
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The salaries of the teachers
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Food for the children
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Decoration of the school,
electricity, school books, etc.
What did we realise:
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building of the school classes in
2005, 2 new classes and an office/library
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classes have been equipped with a
black board and chairs
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notebooks and other necessary
teaching material
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uniforms and food for the
children
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sports gear donated by sponsors
What we still need to realise:
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After having built the classes, they still need
to be decorated.
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We would also like to build a play ground for
the smallest children.
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We’d like to build a space that could be used as
a “kitchen” and pots and pans to ensure more hygiene when
preparing meals for the children.
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We’d also like to build a nursery class.
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What
help can we use:
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Financial help: all financial means now
come from Esther Grant and her friends, amongst which our
non-profit organization.
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People who want to do something or organize
something on behalf of this projects.
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