ActionAid constructs hostel in Rumphi
ActionAid Malawi has handed over a girls’ hostel at Bolero Secondary School in Rumphi to enhance education of the girl child.
Speaking on Saturday during the handover, ActionAid Malawi executive director Pamela Kuwali said they want to showcase gender-responsive education models to government.
She said the hostel will accommodate 72 girls and cost K25 million.
to officially open the hostel
“We expect that the facility will provide a secure environment for girls,” she said.
Northern Education Division manager Jennings Kayira commended ActionAid Malawi for the initiative.
He said: “Your quest to end gender-based violence and gender inequalities among women and girls is something that can’t go without our appreciation.
“Today we are witnessing this enormous occasion where you are handing over a girls’ hostel to us.”
Kayira said before the construction of the hostel, most girls were exposed to many risks on their way to school, including sexual harassment.
ActionAid Malawi is also implementing an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Education programme dubbed School Readiness Initiative with funding from the Rodger Federer Foundation.
The ECD is being implemented in Lilongwe, Balaka, Mulanje and Phalombe districts.
