A well-wisher from the Archdiocese of Lilongwe under St. Patrick’s Parish has donated assorted items to needy and deserving students at the Catholic University of Malawi.
Speaking during the handover ceremony of the items last Saturday, the well-wisher, Noel Mveriwa, said the donation follows sad reports of needy students in higher education who struggle to have basic needs while on campus.
“I don’t have much, but my little may bring a change to two or three people. That is why I thought of donating to our church to assist students who struggle to get the things I have brought,” said Mveriwa.
The university chaplain, Rev. Fr. Kondwani Mwenegamba, commended the gesture, saying it will go a long way in reaching out to the many needy students the university has.
“Because this is a private university, people think that we only enroll students coming from very rich families; however, that is not the case; we have students who are coming from impoverished families trying to access the quality education that the university is offering,” said Fr. Mwenegamba.
He added that the University has hundreds of needy students especially those on off-campus, who struggle to get basic needs.
Fr. Mwenegamba then further called on other well-wishers to come forth to assist the needy students facing hiccups in accessing education at the university.
“Through people like Noel Mveriwa, we do manage to get support to assist very few students against a huge number who come to the office of the chaplain looking for help, hence my appeal to other well-wishers to follow suit,” he added.
The donated items include sugar, cooking oil, soya pieces, and writing materials just to cut the list short. Established in 2004, the Catholic University of Malawi has over six thousand students in seven faculties, namely: commerce, education, law, nursing and midwifery, science, social sciences, and theology.