Comments on: Free Dictionaries for Pupils in Malawi and in other parts of Chewa/ Nyanja speaking Africa

By: yasuzya

yasuzya — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:18:51 +0000

I am sure this project will be a success because it is based on a need. Actually, the distribution should start with primary schools. An bservation: Although we say English is official, Chichewa is becoming more and more official. I liken Malawi with Mocambigue which was a Portuguse colony while in actual sense it would have been on similar level with Zambia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe(British colonies)in terms of spoken English. Dr Paas is right, Eglish is a big barrier.

By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:26:37 +0000

@Tobias: Spot on! They must make sure that schools in rural areas also benefit from this program.I will talk with Steven about this issue.

By: Tobias Chitatata

Tobias Chitatata — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:41:56 +0000

Free Dictionaries for Pupils in Malawi and in other parts of Chewa/ Nyanja speaking Africa is really good initiative but I would urge if the rural schools are highly involved in this whole exercise as these are the ones who are most of times at a disadvantage.

By: Nairobian Perspective

Nairobian Perspective — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:40:10 +0000

thats a really noble gesture, kudos to the sponsors! Nairobian Perspective´s last blog post..KTN Prime Time News or Stations Views ?

By: Clement Nyirenda

Clement Nyirenda — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:43:32 +0000

@Kreta: Yes NGOs are irreplaceable especially in Africa.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:54:31 +0000

Nice idea !
Will surely help bridge the language barrier !

By: Jason King

Jason King — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:50:37 +0000

Yes, I agree. Very inspirational.

By: pinoy

pinoy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:58:08 +0000

the impact would be diverse. it will intimately bridge the gap between opposite cultures.