News from our correspondent in Malawi

SOTTOSOPRA AS SOURCE OF SAFE WATER – VH MDIWA
Village Headman Mdiwa of Traditional Authority Nanseta in Thyolo district, Failos Ligomeka, for the first time called Sottosopra Malawi Organization ” a source of safe water” since the organization managed to drill a borehole in his village on 7th December, 2014.
According to Failos Ligomeka, people of his village were suffering to have safe water in their families, affected by diseases due to unclean water.
“As we all know that water is life, my communities were suffering to get this life and people were walking at a far distance to search for clean water. Today am so happy that they have their own borehole for clean water”, said Ligomeka.
V/H Mdiwa also thanks Sottosopra Malawi Organization for its provision of the borehole:
“Let me say that the organization is a source of safe water in my village. Why am I saying this? People used to drink water from unsafe rivers and wells, therefore, as a Village Headman of the community, I am saying thumbs up Sottospra Malawi organization for the great job, I know that it is not only my community that received such kind of borehole”, said Mdiwa.
Meanwhile, speaking on how the borehole will help the entire community, one of the women of Mdiwa Village, Alefa Kathumba, said that the borehole will reduce the diseases:
“On behalf of my fellow women here at Mdiwa, I am very happy with the coming of the borehole. This borehole will help to reduce the problems we were facing as women and I hope the diseases that were coming in due to unsafe water in our homes will be reduced as well”, said Kathumba. “The borehole has come in time because it would have been difficult for us to walk at a far distance like two kilometers to search for safe water while raining and walking a distance to look for safe water was a challenge in our families. We, the women of Mdiwa, are going to join hands with our men for the safety of the borehole”, said the woman.
The people of Mdiwa through their chief, Failos Ligomeka, have chosen a committee that will be looking for the safest use of the borehole and some voluntary guards have been chosen to protect it from the thieves.
In a related development, the people of Chimwanga Village Traditional Autholity Nanseta are showing their gratitude to Sottosopra Malawi organization, since Sottosopra managed to restore two boreholes in the village.
The people of Chimwanga, straggled for six months without safe water due to the breakdown of the boreholes, one drilled by the Sottosopra Malawi Organization and another one drilled by the government of Malawi through Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF). By Mwanyali Hestings

This is the first article posted by our friend Mwanyali Hestings in … Action

There is one thing which I’ll never stop doing in my lifesytle, that is, “sharing ideas with my fellow friends”. I hope together we can build a better next world generation!!

Ieri, 28 Novembre 2014, al Comesa Hall di Blantyre, la cerimonia di consegna dei Diplomi in Giornalismo.
Tre anni di studi ed ecco Action che con orgoglio mostra il suo.
Ora inizia il viaggio, la strada è lunga ma raccontare bene abbrevia e facilita il percorso.
Go Action Go…..

SPECIAL APPRECIATION

I was born in a poor family, I am the first born and the second one is my brother who is 16 years old now: our parents passed away when I was 10.
Since in Malawi there is free primary education, I went to primary school with an encouragement from my grandmother (guardian), a poor widower, even though it was a challenge to her to provide some necessities.
While at primary school, I was selected to go to secondary school after writing Primary School Living Certificate (PSLC) examination in 2006 but I had nowhere to go for support to pursue my secondary education since my guardian (grandmother) had nothing in her pocket to provide me with school necessities
In 2007, Sottosopra Malawi Organization took me for school support (school fees and other necessities) from form 1 up to form 4.
I wrote my Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) examination in 2010 and passed with the results that qualified me to be selected to go to one of the National Colleges in Malawi to study journalism.
While there at the college – from the year 2012 up to now – I have also been supported by Sottosopra Malawi Organization, with fees and everything necessary for school, .
In November this year, 2014, I am going to graduate for Diploma in journalism a thing that comes about by Sottosopra Organization.
[In general I can say that the Organization has been supporting me from the year 2007 till now 2014].
Therefore, with a great gratitude, I really appreciate for what Sottosopra Malawi Organization has been doing to me.
And many thanks should go to all the Donors of the Organization.
I know for sure that this is not the end of the road but it is indeed the beginning, I am asking God Almighty to be with the Organization and the Donors forever.
Right now I am at Diploma level in journalism but I wish I could pursue my studies up to the Degree level and, with hope, I ask Sottosopra Malawi Organization to continue assisting me up to this level.

-ACTION MWANYALI