Tag: Education

Community, Education, Malawi

Purchase of School Curriculum Books and Newspapers for the NYM Library

Phunzira

With funding from Phunzira, Nyumba Ya Masambiro has been able to make a purchase of 24 Malawian Curriculum Text books. These have been requested by both school teachers and students to ensure access to the most up to date curriculum texts. These texts cover Biology, Chemistry, mathematics, Chichewa, Agriculture and Human and Economic Geography. We are delighted to have been able to supply these texts and both students and teachers are constantly borrowing these books for both studying and lesson planning alike.

NYM has also made a purchase of newspapers, so that community members are able to keep up to date with both national and international news and events. These too have proven very popular and wherever possible new editions will be purchased to keep the community up to date on current affairs.

Community, Malawi

Welcome Ziwa Gondwe NYM’s new watchman

Phunzira

We are very pleased to welcome the newest member of staff at Nyumba Ya Masambiro. Ziwa Gondwe joins the staff team as Nightwatchman. He will share the duties with Tharzan Msuku, one of our longest serving members of staff who will guide Ziwa and show him the ropes.

Ziwa, we are very pleased you have joined the team and we look forward to volunteers, visitors and community members making your acquaintance. Welcome!

Community, Education, Healthcare, Malawi, Youth

E.A.R.T.H Workshops take place at NYM

Phunzira

Nyumba Ya Masambiro was delighted to host The E.A.R.T.H Workshops team from Butterfly Space in Nkhata Bay who came to share their knowledge and expertise on all things environmental. Standing for Environment, Agriculture, Reforestation, Topsoil and Health, the workshops provide a bottom-up approach to empower communities to be resilient, independent and find solutions to protect our soil, improve farming methods, reduce damaging activities, as well as improving nutrition through better, more environmentally friendly cooking methods.

The workshops were attended by a variety of community members from Ruarwe, and surrounding villages as far away as Kwenthu Village as well as staff from Nyumba Ya Masambiro and the clinic. On one day a primary school class was invited to join the session to start to inspire positive environmental thoughts and practices in the younger generations. This has been continued by one particularly proactive primary teacher, who has continued to bring his class to NYM to have lessons under the guava tree and discuss and analyse the positive impacts of the E.A.R.T.H workshop principles as put into practice at NYM.

A huge thank you to the team from Nkhata Bay for sharing your knowledge with the community in Ruarwe and your ongoing support as farmers, community members and NYM and clinic staff put the principles of your program into practice.

Community, Malawi

Two new Trustees selected for Nyumba Ya Masambiro

Phunzira

Following the resignation of one of NYM’s Trustees we had a gap to fill on the NYM Board of Trustees. The staff called a meeting of the community Chief, Village Headmen, and representatives of the Village Committees to select two new Trustees to bring the board to its maximum of four members. The meeting was held on Friday 25th October at NYM’s Library. The selected Committee members presented candidates from the community who share the values of NYM and would be good fits for the roles. After presentation, a discussion was held to allow all present to ask questions and share their views on the candidates. A vote was then held and the two new trustees were selected from those candidates. The selected trustees are Rhoda Mhone from Ruarwe Village and Consuet Msowoya from Kwenthu village. These selections retain a 50:50 male:female split on the board, keeping representation fair and equal.

Both new trustees have paid multiple visits to Nyumba ya Masambiro in the days and weeks following their selection as they find their feet in their new roles. We are delighted with the selection and very much look forward to how NYM continues to go from strength to strength with these new trustees on board.

Healthcare, Malawi, Volunteers

Phunzira’s Volunteer Program reopens

Phunzira

After years of closure due the COVID-19 and the subsequent maintenance and reopening phase, we are delighted to announce that Phunzira’s Volunteer Program has reopened for both Nyumba Ya Masambiro and Ruarwe Health Centre. Our first volunteer, Rachel, joined us in Malawi for three months from Mid July to Mid October. A qualified nurse from the USA, Rachel helped daily at Ruarwe Health Centre as well as getting stuck in with community health visits to the wider catchment area with the Health Surveillance Assistants from the clinic team and by running First Aid sessions with both the NYM staff and Clinic Staff.

Rachel was really valued by the whole team, community members as well as staff at Zulunkhuni River Lodge, where all volunteers stay during their placements in Ruarwe. Rachel, we thank you for your hard work, for getting stuck in with so much while you were here and your cheerful demeanour throughout your stay. We would love to see you back some time very soon! Yewo Chomene!