Education

“It was my dream to study a course in agriculture and become a farmer who can feed my community. This dream turned into reality when I enrolled with DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School in May 2023 thanks to Bantwana Scholarship Programme.”“During my course at Mikolongwe, I learnt beyond growing crops…

DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School has highlighted to students under training in various trades at the institution of the rewards in vocational and entrepreneurial skills. The Principal for the school Mr Charles Salema was speaking during an Open Day event that had been organized at the school for…

DAPP Malawi has with support from VALE Logistics and the Central East African Railways commenced a capacity building project aimed at economically empowering people around the VALE railway in the four districts of Machinga, Balaka, Neno and Chikwawa.The project has two approaches, capacity building…

The DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School’s Mobile Training project has completed the training of 20 Adolescent Girls and Young Women, 10 from each Salima and Dedza districts. The four-month training run from October 2020 to January 2021. With the goal to socio-economically empower the vulnerable and…

Education is a basic human right, a public good and a prerequisite critical in building responsible citizens. Our organization, Humana People to People for close to 30 years has been and still is training teachers, primarily for public primary schools where they are most needed. On the occasion of…

Humana People to People stands alongside the millions of committed teachers as the world commemorates World Teachers’ Day annually on 5 October. Education is a powerful tool in the hands of the people striving for a better life, and has a long-term positive impact on development. In 2020, World…

Humana People to People celebrates the World Teachers’ Day 2020 by saluting the work being done by millions of teachers world-wide. Teachers are pillars in nation building as they are the invisible hands that mould and shape communities. Annually, 5 October is an opportunity to focus on and…

59 Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) have completed their four-month tailoring and entrepreneurial skills training under the DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School Mobile Training Centre in Machinga district. On the 28th August 2020, the District Youth Officer for Machinga district Mr Swiden Zuze…

Alisha Kalua comes from Mukhulu village in Traditional Authority Ntchindi in Mzimba district. She is 26 years old, married with one child. In June 2018, she was enrolled for a six months basic Cobbler and Shoe Making course offered by DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School at its Satellite Centre in…

The World Health Organisation declared the Coronavirus a pandemic in March 2020 following an outbreak that started in China and spread in other countries across the world. Following this declaration, the government of Malawi through the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ordered the…

Between July 2019 to February 2020, Development Aid for People to People (DAPP) Malawi in partnership with Swiss Foundation for Solidarity in Tourism (SST) through Humana People to People Italia implemented a hospitality and tourism training project at DAPP Chilangoma Teacher Training College in…

The 400 Primary Schools is a DAPP Malawi’s education program that brings together and encourages graduated teachers from DAPP Teachers Training Colleges (TTC) to stick together. They meet regularly to share ideas and knowledge on how they can improve the learning and living environments around…

Humana People to People (HPP) joins the rest of the world in marking International Education Day commemorated annually on 24 January, to honour education and its critical importance to human well-being and sustainable development. The theme this year is ‘Learning for people, planet, prosperity and…

On 19 December 2019, DAPP Malawi joined the celebration of the awarding of TEVET certificates to 55 youth who had been trained in Shoe Making and Tailoring trades at DAPP Mzimba Teachers Training College (TTC) under DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational School.34 Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) were…

24 Preschool care givers from Preschools around DAPP Chilangoma Teachers Training College (TTC) in Blantyre participated in a two week training on Early Childhood Development (ECD). The 24 care giver from 17 preschools around Chilangoma TTC being trained under DAPP’s preschool project which aims at…

Mphatso Thanki grew up in Blantyre district where she also did her secondary education. In search of further education opportunities, she found herself at DAPP’s Mikolongwe Vocational School (MVS) in Chiradzulu district where she studied Electrical Installation & Renewable energy course and…

Themed “Transforming Education”, the 2019 youth day commemorations highlight the efforts taken to make education more inclusive and accessible to all youth, including efforts by the youth themselves. With this in mind, Dowa District Counsel organized a youth day celebration were DAPP Dowa Teacher…

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mr. Francis Phiso and other government officials visited DAPP Mikolongwe Vocational Training School (MVS) on the 14th of October to appreciate the running of the Malawi Jobs for youth Project. The project, which is being implmemented under the Ministry of…

DAPP Malawi has since 2003 been supporting Community Based Child Care centers (CBCCs) around its teacher training colleges which complements the government of Malawi’s efforts to improve the delivery and access to quality early childhood education. Despite various efforts, DAPP Malawi observed that…

58 DAPP trained adolescent girls and Young women (AGYW) graduated with certificates in Tailoring from Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) on 2nd of October at Phalombe District youth office, The AGYW from…

Being implemented at DAPP Chilangoma Teachers training college (TTC) in Traditional Authority Kuntaja, Blantyre district, the Tourism and Hospitality project aims at providing an educational opportunity in tourism and hospitality to 20 young people to become reliable and profitable human resource…

Under the theme “RUN 4 Reforestation”, DAPP Malawi participated in this year’s Sustainability Fair in Zomba district on 7th September 2019. The fair, organized by Zomba Forest Lodge was a platform to raise money for Zomba TREEZ initiative which focuses on conservation, fire prevention,…

The Teachers Network also known as the 400 Primary Schools program is a DAPP Malawi’s education program that brings together and encourages teachers graduated from DAPP Teachers Training Colleges (TTC) to stick together by meeting regularly for sharing of ideas and knowledge on how they can improve…

DAPP Malawi continues to train and equip youth in various skills through its four teacher training colleges and Mikolongwe vocational school. As such, on 16th August, TEVETA Head of Projects & Development Mr Ishmail Ali visited DAPP Dowa Teachers Training Centre (TTC) to appreciate the courses on…

24 year old Victoria Amidu is a first born daughter in a family of 3. Her dream and passion has always been in the fashion design industry though against her parent’s liking as they wanted to see their daughter being a banker. “I don’t want to be receiving petty cash while dressed in descent…