Pamoza Tingakwaniska awards outstanding students
It was all smiles for seven Students from Schools in Chitipa and Karonga Districts as Pamoza Tingakwaniska Youth Organization awarded learners with prizes for their outstanding performance in Poem and Essay Writing competition on Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH).
The Ceremony which took place on Saturday at Chisenga Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Chitipa, saw students from Wenya Secondary School, Chisenga CDSS in Chitipa and Thunduti, Nyungwe, and Iponga CDSSs in Karonga take part in the competition.
Speaking in an interview Executive Director for the organization Maggie Kadrum, said they thought of organizing the competition as one way of empowering students to use the art of writing in addressing issues of SRH.
“This competition was aimed at boosting students self-expression skills in them, developing the art of writing and also empowering them to express issues of SRHR amongst women, girls and boys,” she said.
Adding that the competition has gone a long way in bridging the information gap on SRH that is there amongst youths in schools and communities.
“We know these young people are encountering problems on SRH due to cultural boundaries as some of these issues are considered as a taboo in many communities hence allowing the youths to express their creativity on paper will assist them to spread the SRH messages to more people,” Kadrum articulated.
On his part Primary Education Advisor for Chisenga Zone in Chitipa Education District, Nicodemus Msukwa who was Guest of Honor, Hailed the organization for coming up with the initiative and has since congratulated the winning students for their performance.
“I read the essays they wrote and they are wonderful pieces and inspiring hence I give a vote of thanks to Pamoza for a job well done and for motivating so many students who entered this competition,” he said.
Eniphas Mbughi, a form three awardee from Wenya Secondary School who emerged as best student expressed excitement and said this has encouraged and empowered him to study harder so as to pass with flying colors while using the art of writing in addressing issues of SRHR.
The list of awardees and their prizes include: Eniphas Mbughi from Wenya Secondary school as best student who received a medal, school fees for a complete academic year, school bag, note books and pens, Great Kondowe from Thunduti CDSS and Diana Anderson from Wenya Secondary School were on second position and each one walked away with a medal, school fees for a term, school bag, note books and pens while Prosperina T Sibale from Nyungwe CDSS was on position 3 and was awarded a medal, school bag, note books and pens respectively.
