Improving school access and quality of education. Children are empowered with the requisite lifelong knowledge and skills that enhances their access to opportunities and income which invariably reduces poverty.
PLAEP now supports over 900 HIV affected Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) at Musonda School. The school runs from grade one to nine. At least 50 students at Musonda School progress to grade 10 annually.
Poverty and hunger lead many children in our community to skip school! The meals serve as a huge incentive for children to attend and remain in school and bolster their difficult journey out of poverty.
Every bit of support from generous sponsors like yourselves enables PLAEP to meet various school expenses for these children including daily nutritious meals, user fees, school supplies, clothing, and household support as needed.
A dedicated school counselor offers individual counseling to help students resolve personal or interpersonal problems. Small group counseling is also offered to help students enhance listening and social skills, learn to empathize with others, Cope with school or community-related violence, and trauma and find social support through healthy peer relationships.
We are dedicated to raising students’ academic standards and levels as well as their spiritual, moral, social, and cultural understanding as they progress through Musonda School. This enables each of our pupils the chance to develop a solid sense of self, a feeling of place and purpose, and the self-assurance to explore and question who they are in the world. Additionally, it gets them ready for life’s great challenges to come.
The day care centres provide an early learning environment for young children to engage in age appropriate, language-rich activities and social interactions to stimulate social attachments, physical and intellectual abilities as they progress to grade one. Two centres have been established in Mufuchani and Musonda communities of Kitwe with over 60 learners.
