Some caregivers in Mzimba have bemoaned poor learning structures for children in the district, saying they are not conducive.

They said this on Monday when the district’s nutrition coordinating committee visited some community-based child care centres (CBCCs) to appreciate the conditions under which children were learning.

In an interview, one of the caregivers Angela Chipeta from Mayeleyele CBCC in Enheleni in Traditional Authority Mzikubola, said most buildings are grass-thatched and have no cement floor.

“However, as caregivers our job is just to provide services to children such as teaching and feeding them with nutritious porridge,” he said.

Another caregiver, Salome Mwale, said learners sit on a muddy floor as the room they use as a classroom has no cement floor.

“It means these young ones get back home soiled. They show enthusiasm for education, but the classroom is not conducive. Of course, we commend community members for constructing the room, but we appeal to organisations to help us with cement to pave the floor and iron sheets for roofing,” she said.

Group village head Mayelele Jere commended Feed the Children for providing food packs for porridge to ensure that leaners eat in CBCCs.

“However, Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian gave us cement and lime but they are not enough. That is why we want more organisations to help us,” he said.

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