New Preschool

This is one of the latest ones, But no details from Casca.

A bit about our preschools

As of last week we support 33 preschools, most in remote rural locations. We train local women to become trainers, teach them to make educational equipment from local materials and work with the extended communities to support and manage their schools. Our two Malawian trainers visit these schools in clusters to observe and up-skill regularly, looking closely at attendance, on the register of children, trainers and porridge ladies. Between these and the school board, the parents committee and the chiefs, over 1000 people are involved in the movement, all volunteers of course.
All these schools are community planned and managed and are most sustainable.
Once they get a building it becomes a centre for community activity, outside preschool hours.
Adult education and health clinics are the added bonus
To start off, these institutions of learning take place in sheds, under trees, in dilapidated buildings or even churches. If they then want a permanent building, they must find a site, make bricks, dig foundations and build to roof level, before coming to W4Z. If all is well we support with metal sheets and about 3 bags of cement for the floors, which is the expensive bit.
We are finding that the enrollment of 3 to 6 year olds is increasing, as is the standard of teaching. Of the 1500 or so, enrolled, most move on to primary school