SATEMWA TEA ESTATE JOINT BODY DONATES 9 HOUSES TO SATEMWA PRIMARY SCHOOL (PLUS 6 TO OTHER SCHOOLS IN THYOLO

 12th May shall hardly be forgotten in the history of Satemwa Primary School. This day was when Teachers houses built using the Fair trade premium were officially handed over to the Satemwa Community through the school committee. Present at this function were among others: Mr. Cathcart Kay - Managing Director for Satemwa Estate, The Village Head woman Chidzinja, the Fair trade liaison officer for Malawi- Mr Aubrey Nyasulu, members of the joint body, school committee members and the teaching staff for the school plus Satemwa estate Managers.To express happiness, the function was characterized by traditional dances such as Gule wamkulu and Manganje.
In his speech the school committee chair said the community has expectations from the teachers now that they are going to be well hosed amongst them being: Government will send better and well qualified teachers to the school so that pupils of the school can benefit in return and be able to speak English which is the number one mod of business communication.
The Fair trade PSR for Malawi thanked the Satemwa MD for his commitment in ensuring that they live up to the Satemwa Social Responsibility program. He informed those present that for things to get to where they are today there is more to it. He gave an example of what the producer goes through in order to become Fair trade certified that enormous costs were incurred in the process.He rated Satemwa to be amongst the best Fair trade players.Finally asked the public to continue supporting Satemwa in order to sustain the Fair trade market.
The Headmaster of the school Mr. Mahere was all smiles as his teachers, including himself will now be staying in better houses. on behalf of other schools he thanked the Satemwa management and the Satemwa Joint Body for the Houses.
''Chip" briefly gave a background to Satemwa's Fair trade undertaking. He hinted that the company believes that ''No man is an island". meaning no one can work in isolation. He said that the Tea bush is a magical machine but does not work on its own. It requires people to work on it in order to derive required outcomes from it. It is with this background that Satemwa takes pride and commitment to support it workforce and the surrounding community, socially. He gave credit to the hard working workforce who have made all this possible to happen.
Went on to say that this idea can only be sustained if the Tea market was growing. He told the gathering that 1kg of made tea makes about 400 cups and wished more tea cups of the Satemwa tea were drunk thus more premium money and more such projects as the one being inaugurated.
He said his main ambition is to see to it that the nation especially children from the surrounding community get better education. As such he encouraged teachers to be dedicated and ensure English was given priority.

The Teacher's Houses project has been rated as one of the best premium funded projects by the Joint Body



In the picture, Mr Cathcart Kay, MD for Satemwa is cutting a ribbon to mark the official opening of Satemwa Teachers' Houses

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