Airtel Malawi Village Chapola has handed over two school blocks and toilets to Nkuyu Junior Primary School in Chiradzulu district.
Apart from the two school blocks, Airtel has also constructed sanitary facilities for girls and boys at the institution.
The donation, according to authorities has come timely and will solve hurdles faced by learners in accessing quality education.
Speaking to MIJ Online, Coordinator for Primary Education Advisors (CPEA) for Chiradzulu District, Redge Opanikufa, hailed Airtel Malawi for what he described as a positive call at the institution.
“The shortest distance is over 3 kilometres and that’s an unreasonable distance to any child. Airtel’s corporate social responsibility is timely, the learners will attend school here without taking such long distances,” said Opanikufa adding that with the new blocks, the school now has classes from 1 to 8.
On his part, Charles Kamoto, Managing Director for Airtel Malawi, Charles Kamoto, said the company heard of the hurdles and saw it fit to make such a donation.
“The responsibility of constructing school blocks belongs to the government. But, we come in to complement the government’s efforts. We feel excited to have solved this problem and we expect that the district education office will provide teachers for standard five up to eight,” said Kamoto
The school has over three hundred learners with at least seven teachers.