Dwangwa School
The original classroom block
Dwangwa School currently has over 2000 pupils, with 12 teachers, 8 classrooms, 6 of which MEL has helped to provide in 2004, 2005 and 2007. Situated in the nearby town, with parents who are traders, small-time street merchants, the community is not in a position to give time to make bricks, gather sand. The well-organised School Committee has therefore collected funds to buy the bricks, organise the transportation of sand in preparation for MEL's arrival to help with a fifth classroom block in 2011
August 2011... and we're up to roof height. Team 2 have been refurbishing classrooms here, and it just remains to be seen if we can find the funds to put a roof on this much-needed block... watch this space!
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 147 pupils in this class!
Those pupils lucky enough to be taught in classrooms face serious overcrowding, the absence of furniture, respiratory problems caused by dusty floors.
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 Outdoor learning, with plenty of distractions and problems!
Some classes have to receive their lessons under nearby trees. That becomes impossible in heavy rains (December - April) and difficult in the cold season (May - June).
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 Foundations for the new block - February 2011 |
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