By Kristine Pearson | CEO
More of our Lifeplayers have been distributed in the eastern and southern provinces of Zambia to community schools to listen to the Learning at Taonga Market Grade 1 and Grade 2 lessons. The feedback is positive from the teaching mentors and pupils alike.
For the first time, teaching mentors are able to schedule classes at times that are convenient and suitable to the children they teach. This is important, particularly in the rainy season when children may not be able to walk to school. With Zambia’s high rate of deforestation, areas now flood more easily, making it very difficult for children to reach their schools. In addition, small streams may become impassable. Even young rural children often have household responsibilities like collecting water or firewood, caterpillars for food or tending livestock. All these will cause a child to miss a class. The Lifeplayer allows the child to listen to a missed lesson. One teacher, Mr Phiri, remarked how he appreciated being able to listen to the lesson himself first, enabling him to be prepared.
We are planning another field visit to Zambia in the second half of the year, where we will again visit schools and mentors using the Lifeplayer as a teaching aid. As always, we have the cooperation of the Zambian Ministry of Education.
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