Mmakadi Creche Community Outreach
In the local village, The Oaks, close to
GVI Karongwe hub, there is a little crèche with the name of Mmakadi. The
founder and owner of the crèche, Gloria, is a very warm and friendly lady
always welcoming people with open arms. Gloria’s goal is to give children, from
the ages of 0-5, a safe place to stay during the day while their parents are at
work.
It is at this crèche that a batch of GVI
volunteers got to help out, for the first Wednesday of many, and make bricks
for a new building that Gloria is in dire need of. The crèche houses about 70 children on a daily basis, with
very little infrastructure. The ladies working at the crèche are cooks,
teachers, nurses and ‘day mothers’ to these kids, so there is very little time
to pay attention to painting of walls or making of bricks.
Our volunteers are all to happy to help
out, especially if it means they get some play time with the adorable local
village children. We are in the process of making the playground more fun and
educational. One of our current staff Interns, Kathryn Anderson showed a lot of
initiative when she asked her friends and family at home in Australia to donate
any children’s books they could spare. Now we have a very well stocked pile, or
library if you must, of educational children’s books.
Thanks to all of the volunteers for your
amazing work and willingness to help.
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