A Humanitarian Organization- World Vision- has donated learning materials worth K 7 million to over one thousand learners in Machinga district.
The donation targeted learners who were affected by Cyclone Ana in the district.
MIJ Online caught up with Abels Tembo- District Programs Manager for World Vision Malawi in Zomba, Machinga, and Mangochi- who said the donation is aimed at equipping learners who lost their learning materials to Cyclone storm Ana.
“We are reaching out to over One thousand learners. Normally, when we have disasters, there is a tendency of focusing on food items and shelter- but what is also very important these times is that children need to continue with their education. He said.
Tembo has since encouraged students who were affected by the storm to work hard in their studies.
On his part, speaking on behalf of the Chief Education Officer, Dickens Mkumbira District Education Sports Officer- said the assistance will go a long way since most learners in the area lost their schooling materials to the Cyclone.
Meanwhile, Mkumbira has advised other public-school administrators in the district, to present to education authorities statistics of pupils rendered helpless by the disaster.