HOME UPDATE
Emma, one of our volunteers, was helping the mamas with lessons on first aid and stages of development. She also spent her time interacting with the children and contributed to the modification of the child development plan, a tool used for us to gather information and plan better for the children.
Gertrude turned 17 years on the 11th of March 2020. She is in her final year of high school and wants to pursue a career in teaching next year January, 2021.
Sophia, our office assistant, had her birthday on the 14th of March, 2020. She had great time with the Kwathu family, a Pizza and drink was bought for her.
The month of March was full of birthdays! Mama Juliana, a very dedicated staff and head of the cooks, had her birthday and turned 38. She is very passionate about her work and enjoys cooking and serving kids in the feeding program of more than 200 children.
Rhodia was elected as the president of sports at her school. As a Home, we are proud of her taking up such a leadership position, as it will help her improve on her skills.
Willard went for a farming experience to another town. Willard is being taught on livestock and crop farming. He is passionate about farming, hence him being involved in this program to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge. He also has his own rearing chicken business as you can see.
Schools have closed as a preventive measure of the outbreak of Corona Virus (COVID-19.) During this period, to keep the children busy, a holiday plan has been put in place with a variety of activities such as interactive games. Study time is inclusive in activities as most of the children will be writing examinations at the end of the year.
School Report
The month of March has been an exciting one and busy with activities. On the 5th of March the school had sports fun day. This was to prepare the kids for a competition which was scheduled to take place on the 6th of March at Acacia International school. Unfortunately, the competition did not take place due to bad weather patterns and is planned to be rescheduled. The date will be announced when schools re-open.
On the 10th of March, the school had its second variety show in which the kids had lots of fun and did a lot of activities such as dancing, eating competition, singing, to mention but a few.
The following day, the school had its first presentation in clubs of drama, choir, poetry, debate and art club. The volunteers had a great helping hand with clubs.
Having a fundraising braai was yet another activity that the school had. The braai took place on the 12th of March 2020 at Simac Lodge and Tours. It was yet another exciting moment and there were also very interesting games like shuttle race, balloon game and act it out.
The school was suppose to close on the 9th of April, 2020, but due to this deadly pandemic of the corona virus (COVID-19,) the schools had to close prematurely on the 20th of March, 2020 as a preventive measure against the spread of the pandemic.
Sensitization and Measures Against COVID-19
The Director of Kwathu Ministries, Agrippa Phiri, took time to explain the issue relating to COVID-19 to all members of staff and the measures that should be taken to prevent its spread during this critical time. He emphasized on the issue of hygiene, constant washing of hands with alcoholic sanitizers, avoid shaking of hands instead implore other ways as opposed to hand shakes, and social distancing as another measure. He has also strictly put measures, especially for outsiders, who visit the office especially the home part.
Personality Identification Session
Mr. Agrippa Phiri is one man full of selflessness, service and passion and makes sure his team is impacted with the knowledge they need. At Kwathu Ministries, Mr. Agrippa brings out a very sensitive and perhaps the most ignored matter in the society, the issue of identifying personality. He first distributes questionnaires or surveys to each staff in which they are asked to mark which one they felt most appropriate to them. He later organizes a meeting for all staff and passionately teaches with undeniable wisdom and insight with regard to personality and identity. At the end of the session, everyone was able to identify their specific personality type. This has really helped us as a team to know why another person acts in a certain way, and will greatly benefit conflict resolution, tolerance levels, understanding each other and harmonize issues amicably. What a moment it was!!!
Our needs and how you can get involved:
- Money to buy books, pillows, clothes and general stationary for office use.
- How you could help if you would love to give a donation towards our feeding program in the midst of COVID-19, please follow this link: (https://www.givengain.com/cc/kwathu-school-feeding-program/)
- You could also help by becoming a fundraiser on behalf of Kwathu children’s home.
