Mtende Completion of Girls Hostel

About this Project

Mtende Homecraft is a training institution fully registered by the Government's Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA) and offering carpentry, bricklaying and food production courses to students in Rumphi District. The organization will use a grant from Mudzi Connect to complete the construction of a student’s hostel, earmarked for female residents at the centre. Specifically, the hostel will aid in the enrolment from the current 100 to 300 students in the next two years, with a preferential increment among female students who will be accommodated thereby reducing high dropout rates and gender related abuses. Additionally, the project will increase the number of programs on offer to six from three with the addition of food production, plumbing and welding. Overall, the project will enable more young people to acquire vocational skills that will enable them to gain formal employment or establish businesses aimed at enhancing their economic independence.

tende Homecraft Foundation is constructing a girls' hostel at the Mtende Skills and Development Centre in Livingstonia, Rumphi District, to enhance the quality of education and increase girls’ enrollment. The project has used 60% of the total project funds from Mudzi Connect  to complete key construction phases, including the installation of rafters, plastering, window frame fitting, and maintenance of building blocks marking approximately 75% of the overall project activities as complete. With only roofing and painting remaining, the hostel is expected to significantly reduce the distance from 10 to 15 kilometers that students currently walk to attend school, a journey that often puts them at risk of sexual and physical abuse. The project also aims to increase the annual enrollment of girls from 42 to 100.