Mzuzu International Academy, on the move, Reaching Out to All.
As a way of cultivating the spirit of caring for the less fortunate the Mzuzu International Academy primary section cheered learners at Ekwendeni School for the Visual Impared where they donated various various food items and created new partnerships.
The visit was organised as one way of providing moral support to the learners at an institution where teaching and learning almost stopped following government and the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia’s failure to provide adequate funding for the school’s operation.
According to reports the school has for many years been running on a meagre monthly financial allocations of K400 000.00 from government which is by far too little to meet the rising cost of food, water and electricity bills, buying learning materials and staff salaries.
Speaking when the primary section’s Charity Club of the Mzuzu International Academy visited the school one of the senior teachers, Alick Chibambo described the situation at the Blind School as very pathetic.
“The situation at this school reached that point where one could not decide as to what could happen the other day, funds meant for operation were very inadequate though the government has now started giving the monthly allocation of K1 million,” said. Chibambo
During the visit learners with visual impairment were accorded an opportunity to demonstrate to the visitors the way how they use brail teaching and learning aids to read and write in line with the government’s national reading programme.
Commenting on the visit a year-six learner at the Academy, Lindie Gondwe and the patron of the Charity Club for the northern region’s only grammar school, Emily Nkhwazi Mkandawire said they thought of visiting the vulnerable upon learning the present pathetic situation the blind school is encountering due to inadequate funding.
“We feel greatly honoured to be given this opportunity to visit our friends at this school here in Ekwendeni, as a charity club we have our motto which is ‘Reach out and bring a smile on someone’s face,” said the little Lindie Gondwe
The Principal of the Mzuzu Academy International High school, Stephano Pumatti gave an assurance that the partnership that has been built with the school for the visual impaired will go along way in meeting some of the challenges for the learners.
During the visit, the grammar school learners brought items which include: maize, flour, soya pieces, cooking oils, sugar, salt and milk among others worthy K1 million.
