Mmegi

The spirit of community enterprise

Many decades ago, our education system was founded and anchored on the spirit of community financing. The benign neglect of education by the colonial government gave our ever industrious people justification to take proactive measures to build and support schools.

Poverty was not used as an excuse to deter people from participating in the education affairs of their children.

Indeed, as the Bible states, where your treasure is, there will be your heart also. Before the government seriously took care of erecting the necessary school infrastructure, communities took the initiative to mobilise resources to set up schools.

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Rising abortion figures demand urgent action

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