Through its Innovations in Primary Education Project (IPE), Needed Actions for Community Care and Development (NACC) linked 26 (19 boys, 7 girls) vulnerable students to an islamic institution which opted for anonymity due to their religious values.
Through its Innovations in Primary Education Project (IPE), Needed Actions for Community Care and Development (NACC) linked 26 (19 boys, 7 girls) vulnerable students to an islamic institution which opted for anonymity due to their religious values. The organisation has committed to pay for their school fees which amounts to 6 ,220,000 per term in total and they will do so throughout their 4 years of secondary school which will amount to K74,640, 000.
This comes after the students were at the verge of being withdrawn from various secondary schools due to failure to pay school fees. The students reached out to NACC Education Project Officer, Robert Mtwiche after they successfully went through various interventions that NACC caried out in their Primary schools which included quiz, girls corner, Targeted Outreach Communication among others which helped them perfom well and selected to boarding school.
“ When a number of students disclosed to us how they are struggling to stay in school due to school fees, we felt like our resources were about to go down the drain because we invested a lot in these students for them to make it to boarding schools through our IPE project,” Explained Mtwiche.
“We reached out to well wishers and we are glad that this organisation has pledged and started paying for these students including previous outstanding balances. We fill a heavy weight lifted on our head as we do not have any funding for such and we are glad to find a like minded organisation to take over the responsibility.” He added.
One of the beneficiaries of the initiative, Enipher Rasheed a 14 year-old orphan who comes from Kwiputi Village, Traditional Authority Jalasi in Mangochi district and lives with a family she is not related to said she was stressed due to uncertainty of her future as her uncle could not manage to pay for her school fees.
“I am now confortably attending classes and I am doing better because nothing disturbs me. I see myself becominge a Nurse that I have always wanted to” Appreciated Rasheed.
“As a family that adopted her, we tried to bring confort to her in order to change her life but we failed to pay school fees for her because we cannot afford. We really appreciate for a comprehensive support that all stakeholders including this muslim organisation have rendered to our family that has really motivated our girl to still be in school and perform better as we also put extra efforts to support her,” Said Mrs Kapinga, Rasheed’s Aunt.
Hawa Usman is another girl who has benefitted from the linkage after she was chased from Lisumbwi Secondary School due to lack of school fees.
“I was chased from school and missed lessons for weeks I had no hope of ever returning back until we contacted Mr Mtwiche. I am so glad to be back in school with my fees and outstanding balances cleared.” She said in relief.