A girls hostel for the secondary school and female teacher students with babys in Bembeke

Bembeke is a catholic mission in Malawi Central. The village is quite near Dedza town. More than 100 years ago with the mission a beautiful church was built. Meanwhile there is developing a kind of education center. Every year more than 600 female primary school teachers are trained at the St. Joseph’s Teacher Training College, women learn stitching and knitting, there’s a Primary School as well as one Secondary School for girls and one for boys. And thanks to donations of Support Malawi Heidelberg e.V. they run a kindergarten.

There is an old building, a school in former times, half ruinous, shattered windows and without firmly lockable doors. For the girls it still serves as temporary accommodation.
But what conditions - no power, no water, no beds, only mats and blankets on the leaky cement floor, wet during the rainy season.
The empty space to wash freely accessible.

You won’t like to spend a single night there. But no choice for the students.

Support Malawi Heidelberg e.V. was asked by the pastor of the Church, Father Pinji, whether we could somehow help to transform this run-down building into a friendly hostel for girls.