MALAWI: CUNIMA Students In Dinner-and-dance For The Needy
Students from Catholic University of Malawi (CUNIMA) on Saturday held a dinner and dance to mobilise funds for fellow students in need of tuition fees support.
The CUNIMA students through their union leaders disclosed that the gesture follows a need to assist some students facing hiccups in paying fees at the University.
Benjamin Chitekwe who is the president of students’ union said the university has some students in need of help in order to complete their studies.
“I have been their leader for a year now. And during this time, I have noted that there issues affecting some of our fellow students, among them being financial challenges. This drove us to come up with this event so that we can bail out our fellow students in paying their fees or at least subsidize,” said Chitekwe.
He then pleaded with well-wishers to join efforts of the Students’ Union in helping those that have financial challenges to pay fees at the university.
Registrar of the University Francis Nkhoma commended the Union’s leadership for the initiative. He also advised them to pass on this spirit to the other leaders that are to come after them.
During the dinner and dance, people that attended the event made pledges to assist students in need of financial assistance.
The Union has since realized a sum of K6 million from the Saturday activity.
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By Luke Bisani, Archdiocese of Blantyre Communications department
