A community school in Kankoyo township in Mufulira has appealed to well-wishers to help its 300 children learning from a former tavern by partitioning the building into classrooms.
Nsunikoni community school Director, Paul Chipunka said the school, which runs from grade one to five in Chibusa ward, requires an improved learning environment.
Mr. Chipunka explained that some parents have opted to take their children to the community school hence the need to improve the building.
He said the building, which was used as a bar, was given to him by the Mufulira council and he turned it into a community school.
He said the current state of the building is not conducive for learners.
Mr. Chipunka stated that the school was previously housed at Chibusa building in Kankoyo township but was forced to move because the area was in the midst of bars, which affected learners.
“That is when I started sourcing for a place where I could relocate the learners and that is how I found the Mwayi Mwena bar abandoned,” he said.
He stated that once partitioned, the learning environment for the 300 pupils will be improved.
“I appeal to well-wishers to help the school improve the learning environment. Council has given land where to build the school but we do not have the money,” Mr. Chipunka lamented.
This is one of the most exciting pieces of news I have read this work.. turning a tavern into a schools …just so wonderful…. May the school be helped accordingly
Kankoyo constuency
Can a crowd fund be created. I am willing to donate 100,000 kwacha if HH agrees to match that amount
If you care, you do not need someone to match your donation. Moreover government wastes billions of dollars on unnecessary and over priced projects. A school building would cost less 0.0001% of the wasted dollars.
How does this community system work? Does it mean someone with no means can just wake up and start one. I thought the Ministry of Education is supposed to be building and maintaining schools. Demons of alcoholism and prostitution remain in places like abandoned bars waiting for victims to posses.
People of Kankoyo township if you play your cards right that school will be built up within a day as its election year…the crooks will spend money they have stolen from you after 5 years…just vote wisely!!
People of Kankoyo township if you play your cards right that school will be built up within a day as its election year…the croo ks will spend money they have stolen from you after 5 years…just vote wisely!!
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Mufulira is full of amazing news, may this spirit sweep across all the Zambia towns.
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Please help that community school realise it’s potential of educating the children ….
Iwe, the government of the day’s responsibility that.
KANKOYO IS THE PLACE KULI BANTHU BAMA DEEEZ AS EARLY AS 05AM
This is good news
Hope they look into it and make it conducive for learning
Do their MP Brian Mushimba’s children go to that bar-school too?
Wish more places could follow suit
Let’s do this
Hope the ministry looks into this early to help the school have better infrastructure
Its good to hear they turned it into a school that is benefitting the children
Its good they turned it into a school