‘Hoe kijkt coördinator Mussa Nyirenda terug op het project?’

De partner vertelt... van 30 augustus 2022 door Mussa Nyirenda

Elk jaar vragen we onze partner hoe het project is gegaan en welke lessen de partner heeft geleerd.

CONTEXT AND SUMMARY
* Describe the original plan/idea for the project. Has the project been executed as planned?
The original plan was to construct a school block with two classrooms and a headteachers office in between. The project was executed according to plan.

* Give a (short) general description of the implementation of the project.
The project was well implemented with a good working relationship between the participants and the locals. So far the classrooms and the headteachers office have been constructed and what remains is only painting and fixing of the blackboards.


*How do you look back on the following topics? How was it arranged, what went well, what could be done better?

CONSTRUCTION
* Buildings worked on
The construction went on very well and cooperation between and participants and community was very good which made it possible for the work to be completed in good time. So far plastering, flooring, skirting and drainage have been done.

* Tasks to be done
Painting is in progress and chalkboards are yet to be fixed.

PROGRAMS
* Children program
The childrens work programme went according to plan and was well executed. The teachers did a good job of translating and this made it easy for communication between participants and learners.

* Cultural and touristic outings
The cultural work was good and most activities went well. House visits were also successful. There were no touristic outings apart from visit to the flee market and hospital visits.

COOPERATION AND INVOLVEMENT
* Leadership team World Servants
There was good team work among the leaders and they demonstrated high level leadership skills in leading the participants.

* Local leaders / key persons
The local leaders and other key persons also managed to give good direction to their subjects on managing the tasks at hand such as ferrying sand and drawing water.

* Community
The community always came in their good numbers and worked hard together with the participants on the building site. There was also good interaction and a lot of fun was there.

* Beneficiaries
The children who are the beneficiaries of the project were also very active through the childrens work and they took part in the singing, dancing and playing games with the participants

* (Local) authorities
The local authorities worked hand in hand with the local leaders for the success of the project.

FACILITATION OF THE TEAM
* Accommodation
Accommodation was arranged in the two classrooms and one classroom was used as a dining room. There was enough accommodation for the participants

* Food
Food was prepared by two cheffs and 4 local women from the community. There were no reports of participants having problems with the food and no participant was reported to have felt sick from the food.

* Transportation
The coaster from CCAP Ekwendeni Girls secondary school and the CCAP Jeep were used to carry participants and the CCAP truck was used to ferry sand. No problem was registered from the use of the vehicles

* Safety
Safety was guaranteed as we did not have any participant who was injured on project.

LESSONS LEARNED
* This project went on well and had no challenges. As a partner organization we feel that this is how we expect the project to be implemented. We did not experience any challenges apart from financial challenges which came in as a result of devaluation of the kwacha which led to the high cost of fuel which has more than doubled from the cost in 2019. This has also led to the rising cost of the food stuffs. This problem was solved by limiting the use of the CCAP Jeep and the CCAP truck.