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In Cheif Nsefu's cheifdom, between the Msandile River and Nsefu Basic School lie many small villages. The nearest schools, Chiutika Basic to the south east and Nsefu Basic School to the north were too far for most of the children to reach easily and safely.
Small beginnings
In 2006, with the help of the Kawaza School Fund (now Project Luangwa) the local community built a thatched chitenge to use as a classroom and this became known as Kapita Community School.
By 2008 attendance had increased to over 200 and enough money had been raised to build a teacher's house and a toilet block. The same year the fund started to pay an allowance to the volunteer teachers.
Over the following 18 months a 1 x 3 classroom block and another teacher's house was added and in May 2009 the Education Board sent Kapita its first trained teacher. By January 2010 another trained teacher arrived. Unfortunately attempts to sink a borehole near the school have failed to find water. In 2011 the community built a second toilet block.
More Grades means more textbooks and classrooms
Kapita now teaches from Grades 1 to 6 with different grades coming in the morning and afternoon. In 2012 the Kapita teachers will introduce Grade 7.
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Humble beginnings; the school in 2006
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2009 Work starts on making cement blocks for the classrooms
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If you would like to help us buy textbooks for the new Grade 7 starting in 2012 or help us build a second classroom block please go to our donate page.
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Slab level on the teacher's house
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Building the toilets
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Kapita Kids
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