St Anthony's Nursery School, Malawi
Representative at St Andrew's: Debi Knight
debiknight@hotmail.com
From St Anthony's website:
Background to St Anthony's Nursery School - how it all began:
In August 2001 Gina Rose travelled to Malawi in Southern Africa as an Africa Venture volunteer teacher. She spent three months working in a boys and girls primary school in a small village.
On discovering a small nursery school was being run in the village, Gina made a life-changing decision.
Located in Southern Malawi, Chikhulupiriro Nursery School was established and run voluntarily by a local primary school teacher, Mr. Matope. It provided young Malawian children with an early start to their school life. There were 25 small children at the school and the main activities included reading, singing, dancing and learning English. Teaching took place in a small room behind Mr. Matope's house.
"Living in the same village as the nursery school for three months was a wonderful experience and it was a real joy to work with the children. I will never forget teaching the children how to hold a crayon and draw their first picture."
"It was on November 6th 2001 at the 'thank you' lunch hosted by Mr. Matope when I decided on my next goal in life - to raise the necessary funds to build a properly equipped nursery school for the children of Chilumpha village." Gina returned to England in late December 2001 and set about work on the nursery school project.
Debi and her support group raise additional funds for St Anthony's by making and selling handicrafts, cakes and much else besides. They often set up a stall at St Andrew's Church Centre during coffee time after the Sunday morning service. If you'd like more information or would like to be involved, please do email Debi.
More about St Anthony's Nursery:
http://www.thenurserymalawi.co.uk/
debiknight@hotmail.com
From St Anthony's website:
Background to St Anthony's Nursery School - how it all began:
In August 2001 Gina Rose travelled to Malawi in Southern Africa as an Africa Venture volunteer teacher. She spent three months working in a boys and girls primary school in a small village.
On discovering a small nursery school was being run in the village, Gina made a life-changing decision.
Located in Southern Malawi, Chikhulupiriro Nursery School was established and run voluntarily by a local primary school teacher, Mr. Matope. It provided young Malawian children with an early start to their school life. There were 25 small children at the school and the main activities included reading, singing, dancing and learning English. Teaching took place in a small room behind Mr. Matope's house.
"Living in the same village as the nursery school for three months was a wonderful experience and it was a real joy to work with the children. I will never forget teaching the children how to hold a crayon and draw their first picture."
"It was on November 6th 2001 at the 'thank you' lunch hosted by Mr. Matope when I decided on my next goal in life - to raise the necessary funds to build a properly equipped nursery school for the children of Chilumpha village." Gina returned to England in late December 2001 and set about work on the nursery school project.
Debi and her support group raise additional funds for St Anthony's by making and selling handicrafts, cakes and much else besides. They often set up a stall at St Andrew's Church Centre during coffee time after the Sunday morning service. If you'd like more information or would like to be involved, please do email Debi.
More about St Anthony's Nursery:
http://www.thenurserymalawi.co.uk/
NOVEMBER 2019 - NURSERY SCHOOL UPDATE VIDEO (click on arrow below to start play)
St Anthony's Nursery School, Malawi - Storm Damage
As you may know, many of the staff's homes were damaged
in the recent storms. Debi made many many cakes which were sold after church on 31st March and together with donations she was able to send £600 to Gina to help with repairs.
Well done Debi and thanks to everyone for your generous support.
If you would like to help further, speak to Debi Knight
Below are some photos of the damage…..
As you may know, many of the staff's homes were damaged
in the recent storms. Debi made many many cakes which were sold after church on 31st March and together with donations she was able to send £600 to Gina to help with repairs.
Well done Debi and thanks to everyone for your generous support.
If you would like to help further, speak to Debi Knight
Below are some photos of the damage…..
St Anthony's Nursery School, Malawi