Caregiver Training

Last week we spoke about the need for psychosocial support and now we are glad to report that this past week Goods for Good, in partnership with UNICEF and Preschool Playgroups of Malawi facilitated the training of 10 caregivers. The trainees, all currently untrained nursery school teachers, are participating in a two week residential training where they will get a crash course in not only teaching pre-school but also addressing the physical and emotional needs of their students. While it is not possible to learn everything in two weeks it is wonderful start for these formerly untrained teachers.



One of the modules in this course is making materials for the classroom. We were very happy to provide the trainees with assorted fabric to make plush toys for the children provided by Star Garments as well as colored paper and assorted craft materials provided by Write Way.

What has been especially exciting has been the community’s reaction to the training. First, the community worked with little notice to gather all of the caregivers in Lilongwe. Given the distance and the fact that it’s the beginning of planting season this was very impressive. Second, after going on about how happy they were about the training thus far, they asked us to provide them a test so they could evaluate what was learned and allocate the caregivers to the three nurseries in the best way. Tiyambe Nawo once again impressed us with their commitment and we cannot wait to see the benefits of the training being realized in their nurseries.