THE
MLAMBE
PROJECT
PROJECTS
1
MLAMBE
Mlambe school is situated near the perimeter of Liwonde National Park, just west of the Shire River. Prior to our arrival, the local school had one dilapidated classroom block with just two classrooms for 400 children. Our main focus was to therefore try and combat the distinct lack of infrastructure and therefore substantial over-enrollment in primary schools in the area. By providing three new classroom
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MONKEY BAY
With the help of our partners at Mufasa Backpacker Lodge in Monkey Bay, plans are underaway to build a school aimed at improving skills-sets using the earthbag buiiding technique. This will provide the local community with skills from which they wil then be able to forge a sustainable living and provide new revenue streams to the area.
blocks and renovating the existing school block, each with two classrooms, we hope to signficantly improve the prospects of the village's children- ensuring that each year group (Standards 1-8) have a classroom to learn in. Every child deserves the right to a good education, and the children of Mlambe school are no exception. The new infastructure at Mlambe will significantly improve the level of education on offer at the school.
3
MANGOCHI
We are currently exploring the possibility of building the first known two-storey earthbag structure in the world alongside a German Engineer. This would add further credibilty to the technique and further enhance its reputation around the world... Watch this space!
This will act as a huge stride forward for this community as they battle for a brighter future. After the construction work has been completed, Mlambe school will be able to provide a proper education for all students and this will ensure the government will provide better teachers, educational materials and continuous funding.
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EDUCATION
In September 2014 a solar-powered earthbag computer room- the first school computer room in the region- was built at Mlambe school. This pilot project will now be developed as a long-term resource for teachers, students and the community for years to come with the hope that computers, and more importantly internet access will advance the community infinitely.