This league for both boys and girls promotes attendance, retention and graduation from primary school. The League is in Nkhata Bay South District. Presently we have over 600 children participating from 10 schools and anticipate expansion of the league to cover over 40 schools.
This mentoring program emphasizes reading English for standard grades 1-7. There are over 250 children registered for this program. We also provide the children with a meal so they can continue a full day of school.
These clinics are structured to give children the opportunity to participate in activities when there is no school. It generates interest for the younger children and encompasses grades 1-5.
These reading workshops are incorporated before, during and after soccer clinics. The children read aloud to each other and are read to by volunteers and mentors. The purpose of these workshops is to promote and encourage children to read and to stimulate their imaginations.
We are providing reading materials to three local high schools so students can read to local area children at the primary school level.
This league is being supervised by the Mzuzu Rotary Club and Mzuzu University. Among Mzuzu City’s primary schools, 10 schools have been identified and equipped by the Foundation with soccer balls.
We are currently working with several partners to build a legitimate soccer field with changing facilities and bathrooms. This mini-complex will serve the region and will reinforce our efforts to improve behavior towards girls and women. All of our programs emphasize equal opportunity and respect for each other. Until the arrival of Banda Bola, girls in Malawi were not allowed to play soccer. Now they do. By giving girls locker rooms, they will no longer be subjected to the indignity of changing in the bushes or behind trees.
