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Hello friends to be,
We have started up a community center ! A space to come, learn and share new skills & knowledge
Our project is at its early beginnings, so let me start with a bit of the story.
Over a year ago we were given 2 acres of land by a chief nearby in the community of Kapeska.
On this land we already have a brick builidng with 2 classrooms and an office as well as a newly built kitchen.
We ARE :
Julius - Malawian project manager ( School Director & Teacher )
Tiwanee - Living in Malawi for 4 years previously running a farmhouse lodge ( Horse trainer & lodge manager )
Quentin - Here for 1 year and was running a dive centre on Lake Malawi ( Diving instructor )
Rachel - Living all over really but found a passion for the project to help market and fundraise in Europe.
We are now all 3 of us world travellers/workers and can only go back and forth to Malawi and unfortunatley not be there permanently.
We have found ourselves with the same idea to develop a community as sustainably as possible by teaching children and women different skills through workshops, sports and a more open education.
Our vision :
We do not want to be one of those 100,000,000 charity's that come in with money to spend and where more and more communities become dependent on aid....
What we want is to create a space of creation where the community itself generates their own income, not through charity but through actions and handmade stuff (The dungaree project is the 1st money generating side of this)
EX : Handmade clothes, painting, recyclable accessories, plays/dramas, food preservation, etc...
We try to keep away from too many sponsors and donations and make it a collaborative exchange...
LET'S NOT GIVE FISH, BUT TEACH HOW TO FISH !!! ;)
Up an running right NOW :
- Standard 1 & 2 primary school
- Activity/Youth center ( sports, games, workshops ) 100+ children
- Garden and orchard for the school
- Organising the build of a borehole as well as new class rooms
- Full development & production of the clothing brand in Mzuzu City
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Gardening
Building
Babysitting / child care
General Maintenance
Farmstay
Help with Eco project
Animal care
Charity work
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
You are gonna benefit from everyone around you benefiting as well.
Sharing is caring we all learn from each other and we share our knowledge.
If you've read the previous description I'm sure you know how you will benefit from being part of our movment !
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In the creative academy there will be several departments. Something to suit every single one of you motivated beings!
1st The Academy :
- Creative workshops very dependent on volunteers (arts, drama, sewing, painting, dance, tonga heritage, recycling...)
- Primary School
2nd The Garden :
- Environmental awarness
- Tree nursery / Veggie garden (seed bank)
- Sweet potatoe farming
3rd The Kitchen :
- Feeding program for the pupils
4th Construction & Recycling :
- A new borehole for clean water and decent irrigation
- A new classroom
- A new house
- Compost toilets
5th Malawi wawi Brand :
- Design & Creation
- Marketing & distribution
On another hand we also need help to put the word out ! Marketing skills are extremly welcome. We will need to find distribution platforms for the diferent products created.
This is our vision, help us build our foundation.
We need people with innovative initiative and ready to help build from scratch!!
( PS : We are currently looking for someone or a couple to take over the management of the project for a minimum of 6 months. Please advise if this could interest you so we could exchange further details. )
EXCITING !!!! :)
English, Spanish, French and Tonga
Basic accommodotion and amnenties in a local brick house next to Julius's or camping.
You will have everything to cook, basic bathroom and toilet, a mattress as well as sheets.
Water will have to be sourced with buckets from the borehole nearby (150m)...
We will be sharing local vegetarian meals.
This consist of beans, nsima, rice, tomatoes, onions, corn, greens, etc...
Anything we can find on the market as well as what will grow from our gardens !
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SO..., you are not allowed any time off !
JOKE.
We have quite a few activities in the surrounding that you can book :
- Horseback riding
- Swimming in lake malawi
- Scuba diving
- Excursion to Nkhata bay FUN FUN FUN(45min away)
- Bush excursions , birding, hiking, camping... (Go Untamed)
- Mzuzu city , shopping (2hr away)
- Extreme chilling !
Voila.
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
More than two
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
