Scholarship Recipients

I am Bwalya Moses a Zambian citizen aged 23 years. I was born in Kitwe Central Hospital. I am a Lala by tribe and my father was a Lala, my mother was a Bemba from Northern Province. I am a first born in the family of six.

I started my grade one at Bulangililo primary school. The person who was paying for me was my mom and my grandmother from my mother's side. They use to get money from the market where they use to sell vegetables and kapenta. I use to contribute as well to look for things like pencils, books and socks, as I was selling ice blocks, after classes. My mother died when I was in grade four. As from the period when my mother died I started facing financial problems, by then my father was not working. But due to the hard work of my grandparents I completed my primary course in the year 2001 and I passed the exams with flying colours to go into grade eight (8) and Mitanto high school in Kitwe.

Upon starting my Junior Secondary Course my male parent died when I was in grade nine (9). After the male parent died the sponsorship started coming from my grandparents from my fathers side, by then my grandparents in Serenje use to plant the maize and upon harvesting they use to sell and the little money they use to give me for my school, even myself did not just depend on my grandparents, I use to look for jobs or rather piece work for my education. Even my uncle, his is late use to assist me.

I passed my grade nine examinations with flying colours and I was selected at the same school to do my senior secondary course, in the year 2004. In the year 2005 I was selected at my school as the Junior Engineers and Technicians Scientists (JETS) Chairperson. I held this position because I was very active in the development of mathematics and science at school. I was the one in charge of organizing the quiz programs and the projects involved in science. In the 2006 I was awarded a JETS certificate, after our school came out third in position at the JETS fairs, and this was the first time for this school to win.

I completed my grade twelve in 2006 with positions, JETS Chairperson and School Preventive Maintenance Prefect. Upon completing my secondary course, I started working as a transport officer. The aim at the job was to raise the money for the college but unfortunately it did not work out.

I started teaching at a community school in Serenje known as Handbar Kapotwe Community School. I taught at this school on voluntary basis, because I have the passion to help vulnerable in the community. As for this school most of the children who are there are orphans. Handbar Kapotwe Community School started as a small school, but this time the number of pupils has increased, for the desire of me to become a teacher I did my best to assist the pupils at this school and I have the passion to help other people voluntarily. In charge of culture and sports activities as to enable pupils have the required importance of these activities.

I started my ever desirable course at Malcolm Moffatt College of Education through the help from the SEED organization early this year. I appreciate the SEED for helping me to achieve my career at becoming a teacher. I shall endeavor to work with the SEED organization at college. I am having a position of a class representative. I understand it is through the help from God to achieve this goal.

My name is Chibuye Godwin. I was born on 24th August, 1986. I was born at Blackson Mulilima's village in Chief Chibale's area, Serenje District, Zambia. I am the first born in the family of five. Both parents were Lala's tribe. I am a male Zambian citizen aged 25 and unmarried.

Being the first born and an orphan in a family I have been facing a lot of challenges. Since ever my father died, I started helping Mom to raise money for food and school. Now it was hard for me to survive, because a lot of home chores was done by me. By this I mean I had little time to study. Hence my performance was affected. I started my formal education in 1994 at Nchimishi Basic School. I did my primary education for seven years by then dad was still living.

When I started my secondary education my father died. During that time life became very hard for me because I had no one to look after me. Schooling become almost impossible and I decided to stop. Luck enough the head teacher brought in the issue to the community. They agreed upon the ways and means of helping me. They called me and they told me to say we will be assisting you. In grades 8 and 9 of my performance was so good such that they become interested to continue paying.

In 2006 I was selected to proceed to senior secondary school. The head teacher had to write the recommendation letter to the district social welfare. They picked me for sponsorship and I completed school. While at school I did a lot of activities such as anti-aids, astronomy and voluntary counseling and testing. When I completed I participated in community activities in the fight against HIV/AIDS pandemic. I also participated in community sensitization in eradicating poverty and hunger in the community.

In 2008 I was recommended to start teaching at a community school. The name of this school is Handbar Kapotwe Community School. This school is the school for vulnerable children. I felt comfortable to be at that school because all what I wanted is to assist them. The infrastructure and allowances are poor but still more I used to teach. This school accommodates about 700 pupils against 10 untrained teachers. This was also a challenge to me because I never used to achieve the objectives.

At the same school I took a lot of responsibilities such as production unit and sports. I attended work shops concerning how the teaching system can be improved in community schools.

Ever since SEED picked me to go to college I have been taking part in so many activities. At the moment I am taking part in HIV/AIDS related issues. In the first term of my course I was choosen as the classroom representative. In the second term I was choosen as the hostel leader to one of the hostels in college.

My name is Wamalole Moono, born on 4th August 1991 in Nalukota Village in Shangombo District in Western Province. I'm the last born in the family of four (4) boys and one girl.

I am a double orphan, my mother died when I was a baby and I was taken by my grandmother who raised me because no one would actually volunteer to take care of me. My dad passed on when I was in grade eight.

I did my primary education at Ngundu Basic School in Serenje District while staying with my grandmother. This is so because Dad's second wife wouldn't allow me and my brothers to stay with them because she was cruel to us. Nevertheless, my father kept sponsoring and giving us the school requirements from 1997-2003. In the same year, December 2003, my grandmother died and I was transferred to Sloma Basic School where I did my eighth grade with sponsorship from Dad. Unfortunately, a few months later he too passed away from a heart attack so was left in darkness without knowing where to go.

It was from this time that I started experiencing a lot of problems, especially with my education. My step mother and Dad's relatives took away all of my Dad's property and I was left with nothing and no one to sponsor me. Therefore, I had to stop school for awhile in order to ask for money from relatives, but they could not give me any money as they only had money for their school going children. I personally began doing piece work with the help of my brothers in order to raise money for my school fees.

Upon hearing what I was going through, my uncle felt pity and called me to Kasoma where he was teaching. I responded positively to his call since I had no specific home at that time, instead I was moving from one place to another seeking sponsorship. In Kasoma I completed my third term of grade eight at Kasoma Secondary School, the following year I completed grade 9 examinations and was selected to continue on thru grade 12.

Teaching is a career which I have liked since childhood. I realized that teachers are some of the most important people in the world because they are the source of knowledge and without them we cannot have doctors, nurses or scientists to name a few.

In other words I may simply say that teaching is a career which aims at producing competent and resourceful students both in the school and community at large. I view teaching as a profession which can bring about change throughout the country. My plans and goals are to offer my services accordingly so as to improve the standard of living for both school going children and the community as a whole, especially in rural areas. Also, I wish to impart responsibility in the community to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS and help in the fight against poverty.

Due to the aforementioned problems, I failed to provide any volunteer services while in school. My plan is to advance in teaching or my career to help create more chances for assisting the community, especially the poor, and uplift their standard of living.

My name is Bright Sinyinza and was born in 1990 in Chalilo Village in Serenje District, in the Central part of Zambia. I consider my home to be Chalilo Village, which is where my mother was staying when she was still alive. I started my primary education at Chalilo Primary School in 1997, after learning there for 2 years I was transferred to Kamwala Basic School in Serenje BOMA.

When I was in grade 3 my father died and I was left with my mother alone. From that time my mother did not try to find another man because of the love she had for my father. I continued school in the same village where I completed grade seven and managed to pass examinations to grade eight, but there was no money since my mother was a single lady who tried hard to find the money for my school and luckily the amount was not too big. After I started grade 8 at Misumba Basic School, which is located along the Mansa road just about 75 km from Serenje BOMA, I passed the grade 9 examinations and came to Ibolelo High School in Serenje. My mother died in Chalilo and it was a very bad moment in my life, luckily while at Ibolelo I was sponsored by a Social Worker and was kept by one of my relatives who lives in Zambia Compound and has a small business in Serenje. While I was at school, I was a member of the mathematics club. In grade 11 I was chosen as a class monitor and then in grade 12 I was chosen as a librarian prefect.

My main motivation for pursing teaching as my career is my concern for the education standard in most rural areas of Zambia, where children have difficulty with reading and writing skills. I will really enjoy teaching as a career and have hoped to become one my entire life because teacher contributes a lot to the development of the community and nation. When I was at school I worked as a peer educator, there I found motivation to teach people on the dangers of HIV because I know that AIDS is a deadly disease and people need to know of the dangers.

In conclusion I just want to say I appreciate you people and God for the great thing you are doing in my life to brighten my future. I am promising that I will not disappoint you, may God bless you forever.

My name is Mulenga Thomas, I was born on 26th December 1988 in Copperbelt Province specifically Chingola.

My father was working as a miner in one of the mines in Chingola, but unfortunately in 1995 there was a mine blast which killed two people (miners) and my father was a victim.  My father’s death was a misery to my life, imagine at the age of 7 being a single orphan.  I am the first born in the family of three, 2 boys and a girl.

After Daddy’s death, in 1996 we came to Serenje with my mother and my young brother and sister.  Fortunately Mum secured a job a Malcolm Moffat Teacher’s Training College as a guest waiter.  In the same, I started grade one at Miselo Kapika Primary School, my mother raised be from 1995 to 2008.

At Miselo Kapika I wrote my grade seven exams in order to go on to grade eight, I then went to Serenje BOMA School and it is here that I wrote my exams for grade 9 and got good marks to continue to grade 10.  I went to Mwense High School for my secondary education and there completed my exams to qualify for college.

My motivation and reasons for being a teacher are many but most importantly I admire this job.  I want to encourage and inspire others through teaching.  Not only this, but also through teaching I want to teach good morals and improve the standard of living in the community.  Finally, I will not just remain as a primary school teacher.  In my life I want to become a lecturer or receive a post in the Ministry of Education in Zambia.  So, undergoing primary teacher education is just a stepping stone to where I will be advancing in the future.  In short, I would like to reduce the percentage of illiterates in Zambia.

I usually offer volunteer service in my community, one example is when there is a funeral.  Myself and other youths collect firewood for the funeral and during the burial ceremony for the deceased we dig the grave at the cemetery.  We also maintain the roads in the community and I am happy to say that people are proud of me.

I am Rodrick Mwansa a 21 year old gentleman having been brought up in the Serenje rural area since birth.  My homeland is Chintankwa area within the area of Chief Chibale, a place which is in the eastern part of Serenje BOMA and thirty-two kilometres from the BOMA itself.

Furthermore, my parents were the ones who were responsible form my growth since my childhood until they both passed at spot during a road accident.  This sad story occurred when I was studying my grade eight.  While struggling to find someone to assist me educational wise, a certain charitable organization started assisting me with several school requirements.  I started my grade one in 1996 at Chintankwa Primary School just in my homeland.  I completed my primary education in 2002 and went to Serenje BOMA Basic School for my junior secondary course which was from 2003-2004.  When I qualified to go to grade ten at Serenje Technical High School, I failed to manage to go there because of poverty.  Instead, I went to Ibolelo High School where I was able to receive a scholarship.

In addition, I worked as a Volunteer Peer Educator under a certain Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) which operates within Central Province and works in collaboration with the Zambia Ministry of Education.  Its goal is to ensure that young people change their behaviour and become role models as most young people worldwide are the most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.  Therefore, I was placed in Kabwe at a high school to conduct Sexual Reproductive Health lessons.  Just as normal lessons are done in schools with the specified duration of 40 minutes per class, per week from grades 5-12.  The audience which I used to handle each week was a group of 250-300 students. 

Due to this experience I was motivated to pursue a career in teaching because I am already equipped with what is involved in it and almost all that is required to become a better teacher.  The other reason is that teachers are not lazy at all, therefore, I Rodrick being a hard working gentleman, need to assist the rural schools which are shunned by most teachers when they are posted to work from there.

Finally, I have got a long term career goal of looking forward to come and find myself a person having a Master’s Degree in Education.  Since I am starting with a Primary School Certificate immediately when I will be deployed, I won’t hesitate to start the degree program; at that time I will be able to sponsor myself.  On the other hand, I would also really like to offer my services abroad, actually this is my priority in life regardless of any circumstances that will come beyond my career.

My name is Elliot Chipila, I was born on 23rd November 1981.  I am the second born in the family of eight; I was born to Mr. Aston and Rosemary Chipila respectively.

I grew up in Mulilima village, 32 km south of Serenje BOMA in the central part of Zambia.  As a child I have been raised up by my parents, I started school at Mulilima Primary School in 1992.  In grade four I was transferred to Lupinga Basic School where I completed my grade seven.  I was accepted into grade eight at Mkushi Secondary School where I completed my grades eight and nine.

I completed my senior year of secondary school at Serenje High School in 2004 and I am currently enrolled in a teaching program at Malcolm Moffat College of Education.  I have been motivated to pursue a career in teaching because education is the foundation to every success.  So, I have been encouraged into a teaching career so that I can provide basic education to young children.

My long term career and educational goals are that I want to pursue a degree in education if time and resources allow.  Previously I have participated I community service activities.  I have helped in the moulding of bricks for the school (Mulilima Basic School).  I have also participated in the construction of roads and bridges in my community.

I was born in 1983 in Luapula Province at the Mwansa General Hospital.  My home town is Kabwe where I was raised by my parents since childhood.

I started my primary education in 1989 in Kabwe at Munyama Middle Basic School.  I wrote my grade seven composite examination in 1995 at the very same school.  In 1996 I was selected to grade eight at Mukobeko High School, however, I could not start due to a lack of financial support because my mother was not working and my father had passed away; then in 2000 my mother passed away as well.  Nevertheless, in 2002 I started grade eight at Nkwashi Upper Basic School in Kabwe.  In the same year I left Kabwe for Serenje where I continued with my education at Serenje BOMA Basic School.  In 2004 I was selected to grade ten at Serenje Boys Technical High School and I wrote my ‘O’ level exams in 2006 where I managed to attain Division 1. To this point, I don’t have any post-secondary school education or experience relating to education.

I was motivated by my Grandfather who was the Principal at Mufulira Teacher’s Training College.  During my childhood what came up into my mind was to become a teacher.  I want to render my services unto others; although a teacher is not always highly regarded, he or she is the backbone in one’s life of education.  I was taught to become what I am today so I should also become a teacher.  The other reason that I am proud of my career is because a teacher teaches everyone, such as those who become professionals in their field.  I do not think of changing careers, what I want is to remain in this field but of high value to the community and nation as a whole.  I want to eventually have a PhD in education and work at the national or provincial level.

In terms of volunteer service, I have worked with DAPP (Development Aid from People to People) as a washer and as the Secretary of Twapenga Youth Cooperative.