There was a haven of wild jubilations over the weekend as learners, teachers as well as the community members witnessed the official handover ceremony of Solar Panels at Mchengaowiza Primary School by the Organization for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development Initiative (OSSEDI).The organization has, among others, built two semi-detached classroom blocks and stocked them with high quality and durable desks at the school. This intervention is on pilot phase and has so far targeted Mchengaowiza, Chisanja and Kadatakali Primary Schools, out of the ten schools the organization is working with.

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In complementing government effort in providing quality education in Malawi, Organization for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development Initiative (OSSEDI) has constructed two school blocks at Kambadzo and Kamwiri Junior Primary Schools in the area of Traditional Authority Kabudula, Lilongwe District. This follows after a focused assessment the organization commissioned in November 2020 that revealed grave challenges the area is facing in many sectors including education. During the assessment, it was established that learners from many schools including the two mentioned schools were learning under a tree or in dilapidated structures that endangered their lives. During the rainy season, two classes had to use the same classrooms and this forced many learners to abscond classes.

The Spotlight Initiative (SI) in Malawi is currently focusing on six districts, mainly those with a high prevalence of VAWG (Mzimba, Nkhata Bay, Ntchisi, Dowa, Nsanje and Machinga). According to the MoGDWS (2014), in Malawi, 38% of ever-partnered women aged 15-49 years’ experience intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime; and 13% of Malawian women aged 15–49 are in a polygamous union. This practice is most commonly affecting women with no education (21%) and those residing in rural settings. One in ten women in their 40s is widowed, which in most cases leads to property seizures and evictions by the late husband’s relations, thereby exposing the widow to poverty. Among the factors contributing to widowhood is the practice of marrying off young girls to much older men.