By Memory Khutuliwa

Blantyre, January 21, Mana: Encountering Christ Helping Others (ECHO) Africa has donated 5,000 noted books to student at Nyambadwe Primary and Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Ndirande as one way of promoting primary and secondary education.

Speaking in an interview after the donation recently, Pastor Saphina Fletcher said ECHO Africa focuses on preaching the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, organising sports bonanzas as one way of preaching the gospel and also providing Bibles and notebooks to needy students that cannot afford to buy.

‘Nyambadwe is our first school since it’s a new project but we will go to other schools,” she said observing that not all the students received the notebooks.

Fletcher, therefore, said ECHO’s target was to provide the note books to students in Form 2 and 4 and learners in Standard 8.

Nyambadwe CDSS Headteacher, Alex Sambo encouraged the students to use the notebooks for the intended purpose other than selling them.

“I appreciate this gesture. This has motivated students to work hard in class,” Sambo said.

Meanwhile, Nyambadwe CDSS and Nyambadwe Primary School are the only schools in Blantyre that received notebooks from ECHO Africa. Other school will receive their part.

104 students at Nyambadwe CDSS received the notebooks in Forms 2 and 4 while over 3,000 note books were divided among Standard 8 learners at Nyambadwe Primary School.