Recovering from Cyclone Idai
Classrooms at Mitole suffered a serious battering during the storms earlier in the year. Of the eight classrooms in situ, two had walls blown down whilst another block of three lost the roof. Happily repairs are now just about finished prior to the anticipated immense heat in October and November and rains in December
The picture below shows how the classrooms looked following the storm
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A damaged block following the cyclone
Other News
Disability Project
In September and October of this year Sheila and Jane were in Sitima working with people with disabilities. Disabled people and their families are very often among the poorest in a very poor area.
What do volunteers do?
This is a question we are often asked when individuals make an initial enquiry about undertaking a volunteering period in Sitima.
Mponda Gear in operation
Many of you will have heard of “Tippy Taps” a wonderful hand made, low cost, easy to operate invention facilitating the easy washing of hands, particularly after using a latrine.