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MP commissions K1.6m borehole in Zomba

Zomba-Likangala Member of Parliament (MP) McRonald Khwepeya on Saturday commissioned a K1.6 million (about $6 400) borehole at Bloom Orphan Care and Feeding Centre in Traditional Authority Mwambo’s area in the district.

The centre of attraction was Chitimbe Village where the borehole was drilled with funds from volunteers of Bloom Norway.

Speaking during the ceremony, Khwepeya urged the community to be development-oriented and support Bloom’s initiative.

He also hailed the initiator of the project, Isabel Maguja-Nelson.

On her part, Maguja-Nelson singled out Bloom’s initiative of promoting girls education as one of the major achievements.

“We are paying tuition fees for five girls from this orphanage doing their secondary school at Mlatho Girls Private in Liwonde. But, I would like to ask government through you our honourable guest to consider enrolling girls from this centre to government girls’ boarding schools. It is only through this that we will see the reduction of early marriages and pregnancies among girls in the communities,” she said.

Bloom, short for Bringing Life to Orphans of Malawi, was founded in 2006 to promote community participation, caring and sharpening the future of the needy as well as equipping them with life skills.

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