March 2009: Today  is able to start the implementation of the project of construction of the school building for the Ching'ambo Primary School in Mzuzu in the area of Zolozolo West.  will construct a two-classroom block and two VIP latrines. The project is possible thanks to the fundraising campaign done during Christmas 2008 "A natale regaliamo una scuola" / "This year for Xmas we donate a school".

Once completed, Ching'ambo school will replace the Matope Church currently used as school in Zolozolo West due to lack of other public infrastructures.

In the area where the school will be constructed a wooden shelter is alredy present and should be used as school. However this is impossible during the raining season and now the children are unable to use this temporary structure. In fact all 966 children of the area have their classes in the Matope church, temporary used as social area. The room is small and not enough for the big number of students. The children of different classes sit together without phisical barriers and there are no desks. The 14 teachers need to rotate with their classes in this church.

The project funded by  started on the 2nd of March 2009 with the one-week management course to ensure the involvement of the community during the implementation of the project and the management of the school once the building is ready. Read more : The management training for the community.  The week after the end of the training the construction of the building started.

 had already identified and collected the technical information necessary for the school construction during the mission of  some cactus members in February 2009 with the help of Walusungu, cactus facilitator in Mzuzu. Thanks to different meetings with the technical offices of the City Council and other development agencies (including the European Community office of Mzuzu), we managed to obtain all details for lunching the project in March, including the bills of quantities, the standard drawings of the school, the costs of the major items. We also identified the contractor and the technical supervisor necessary for supervising the construction.

The Community of Zolozolo West will give material (such as bricks, water and wood) and manpower.

The budget has recently been finalised and it is available for consultation.

Below are the plans of the school block and some pictures related to the school done during cactus mission to Mzuzu in February in the area allocated for the school construction by the City Council. 

For more information we suggest reading the following documents:

- Memorandum of Understanding (the document regulating the relationship between the different parties involved in the project implementation);