MALAWI: Catholic University: Needy Students Shot in the Arm
Well-wisher donates items to needy student
Luke Bisani
A well-wisher from the Archdiocese of Lilongwe under St. Patrick’s Parish has donated assorted items to needy and deserving students at the Catholic University of Malawi.
Speaking during the handover ceremony of the items last Saturday, the well-wisher, Mr. Noel Mveriwa, said the donation follows sad reports of needy students in higher education who struggle to have basic needs while on campus.
“I don’t have much, but the little that I have may bring a change to two or three people. That is why I thought of donating to our church to assist students who struggle to get the things I have brought,” said Mveriwa.
The university chaplain, Rev. Fr. Kondwani Mwenegamba has commended the gesture, saying it will go a long way in reaching out to the many needy students that the university has.
“Due to the fact that this is a private university, people think that we only enroll students coming from rich families but that is not the case: we have students who are coming from very poor families trying to access the quality education that the university is offering,” said Fr. Mwenegamba.
He added that the University has hundreds of needy students especially those on off-campus, who struggle to get basic needs.
Fr. Mwenegamba then further called on other well-wishers to come forth to assist the needy students facing hiccups in accessing education at the university.
“Through people like Noel Mveriwa, we do manage to get support to assist very few students against a huge number who come to the office of the chaplain looking for help, hence my appeal to other well-wishers to follow suit,” he added.
The donated items include food items such as sugar, cooking oil, soya pieces, and scholastic materials.
Established in 2004, the Catholic University of Malawi has over six thousand students in seven faculties, namely: commerce, education, law, nursing and midwifery, science, social sciences, and theology.
