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| Many of the programmes that MACS supports involve a degree of community development, for example building churches or classrooms, funding HIV/AIDS educational and training programmes or providing communities with a safe water supply. However, MACS has recently been involved in a large community project at Nambira, a remote rural area. This has involved support and funding from the National Lottery/Community Fund. |
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MACS and the Nambira Community project An urgent appeal from the headmaster of the Anglican Primary School there led to MACS raising funds for the building of one two-classroom block in 1997, to replace some of the grass-roofed shelters in which classes were being taught.In the following year the National Lottery Board/Community Fund agreed to a grant of £75,000 which, with local self-help and donations from MACS, produced resources for a project valued at almost £100,000. This project has included the building of further classrooms, a community hall and a maize mill, improvement of the access road and repair of bridges, and the training of literacy instructors and child carers. While the project has not been an easy one to administer and supervise, the main objectives have been achieved and the sinking of a new bore-hole is an additional advantage. The impact of the project has been greatest on women, both in taking advantage of a literacy programme and easing their burdens of fetching water and carrying heavy loads of grain to a distant maize mill for grinding. The community hall not only provides a place for social events, clinics, meetings and weddings but also provides income from letting. The maize mill also provides some funds to sustain other activities and facilities. School rolls have increased since weather-proof rooms have been built and the number of students selected for secondary education is increasing.More improvements are needed - construction of teachers' houses, provision of teaching resources and the training of craft instructors. MACS hopes to fund some of these in the future. There is no doubt of the gratitude of the local people and that the work done so far has improved their morale tremendously, providing them with a foundation on which to continue development.
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