Recently, D2D’s junior and senior primary school girls club had a netball game against another team of young girls from a neighboring village.

We have missed hosting volunteers over the last 18 months. Luckily, we were able to connect with Visa’s Southern Africa office who reached out wanting to volunteer with D2D youth.

D2D continually hosts interns from various institutions throughout the year, recognizing the mutual advantages of internship programs. Our interns to date have enhanced the operations of our office, bringing new practices and fresh ideas to the table.

Recently, the committee members and a few D2D staff were able to visit SOS Children Village in Mzuzu, a program very similar to ours in Chilumba. We were able to tour their facilities and learn about their policies. It was a great experience to see other programs doing similar work and share ideas on best practices.

Each year, Determined to Develop prepares tree seedlings to be shared within the surrounding communities at the start of rainy season. This year we managed to produce 2000 trees that were to be distributed to our local Primary schools, Community Day secondary Schools and to community members.