THE TRANSHAVEN VILLAGE
News Update - May 2008
The long-awaited high voltage powerline has now reached the school site....a development that will transform this community!
The next stage will be the installation of the step-down transformer which will be followed by the erection of power poles and lines to the individual buildings.
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News Update - February 2008
The Library, Science, and Computer Laboratory
building is now completed...and what a fine building it is..a credit to its
builders and designers! A very important addition to the Chilunga Secondary
School on the Transhaven Village site.
The new Nursery School we've also built on the
same site, and its companion crafts work building for young mothers, are
also completed and are ready for the start of the new school year, when
over 150 youngsters are expected to be enrolled.
The authorities are also confident that the electricity
powerline will be at the site and connected this month.
Poles are already at the site....ready to carry the wires
that will be strung from Matawale, the far side of the Mulunguzi
River. With the arrival of the rains, a lot of work has
also been done preparing The Transhaven Village Farmland
for crop cultivation. A great effort all round!
Work has also begun on the construction of a Volunteers
Accommodation Unit that'll shelter overseas visitors, including
from Australia, seeking to offer their various talents to
the Transhaven Village community.
The children also turned out to inspect their brand new
Nursery School, giving it the "thumbs up"!
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| Some of the students with the Principal, Stern Kitta in the foreground, in front of the Science & Computer Laboratories Building, Feb 2008 |
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Update: October 2007
Work on the new Library, Science and Computer Laboratories
Building is now almost complete. It's a fine building that'llbe
a vital and valuanbe addition to the Transhaven Chilunga
Secondary School and its many students!
Update: September 2007.
Much done, much still to do
During the last quarter two new buildings (below right)
were completed for the Transhaven Trust Nursery School (TTNS),
only the enclosing “security fence” is to be
completed. The two buildings contain classrooms, an office,
storeroom, kitchen and eating area, watchman's room, and
a development room for the village women to be taught sewing
and other productive activities.
There is also to be a garden within the enclosed area
for the children to learn from through hands on experience.
Most of the funding and the land on which the school is
built have been donated by the Australian AIDs Fund, Inc
that has been very supportive of the project to help the
disadvantaged village children. More are expected to come
to the TTNS during this quarter.
Equipment is urgently needed, including little tables
and chairs for the 5 and 6 year olds to write on, for the
office and kitchen, for indoor and outdoor play times, including
educational toys and art easels, and for them to enjoy the
garden.
At the Transhaven Chilunga Secondary School (TCSS) the foundations
are being laid for the new Science and Computer Laboratories
Building. Our grateful thanks again to the Australian AIDS
Fund, Inc for providing the funds for this building, due
for completion before end-September.
The first photo of the Library, Science and Computer
Laboratories Building now rising on the Transhaven
Village site. |
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Laboratory, Maize Mill and other activities would not be
possible without electrical power, which is not present
in Thom Allan Village or other areas southeast of Zomba.
Thanks again to the generosity of the Australian AIDS Fund,
Inc, this is now becoming a reality with with payment made
and the go-ahead given by ESCOM (Electricity Supply Corporation
of Malawi) to extend the power lines from the nearest location
on the other side of the Mulunguzi River to the TSP area
in the Thom Allan Village.
May - August 2007
A second 3 hectare block of land was also bought with funding
from The Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated for the agricultural
projects planned by the Transhaven organisation in association
with its Transhaven Chilunga Secondary School across the
road. This new site...to be known as The Transhaven Village...
will help in the school's teaching of food production, food
security and business studies.
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| Chris Laughton, flanked by his wife Marj (Both Transhaven
Directors) and Gomezgani Mandawala, the Nursery School's
Principal. |
Arrangements are now under way to bring an electricity
supply line to the Transhaven Village site as well as to
the school itself.The introduction of a regular power supply
will transform life at Chilunga, providing the students
(and staff) with a good light for night-time studies and
homework.
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| Part of the school yard April 2006 |
AusAID funded School Hall on opening day 10 August
2006 |
A Nursery School to cater for some 100 children has already
been built on the Transhaven Village site
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| Some of the TTNS children in their temporary classroom
April 2007 |
And, below, are the photographs of their virually completed
Nursery School as it looked in July 2007, flanked on one
side by an associated building.
Also being built on the Transhaven Village site is a Library,
Science and Technology Laboratories building....a special,
purpose-built building, with dust-proofing and a secure
environment, both of which are essential for electronic
equipment and delicate laboratory items.This is also being
funded by the Australian AIDS Fund Incorporated, which is
also assisting in the construction of residential accommodation
foroverseas volunteers...many of whom will come from Australia.
The following is a plan of the proposed Volunteers Hostel.
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