Matema college

Matema College is a vocational college in Karonga, Malawi set up by the UK registered charity the Matema Education Trust in 2005.
History
Matema College
Matema College, a vocational college, was set up by the Matema Educational Trust in 2005 to offer Malawians the skills necessary to find or develop work. The aim is to enhance the students prospects of work or start their own enterprise. In 2009 the college offered its first training course; a screenwriting and filmmaking course for local kids.
Background
==="The Warm Heart of Africa"===
Malawi, the 'Warm Heart of Africa' is an incredibly beautiful mountainous country, with an economy primarily agricultural, operating at subsistence level. Currently out of its 14 million population a great proportion are in distress because of periodic crop failure during drought and dehabilitation health problems particularly HIV/Aids (1 in 5 positive), Malaria and TB. Compounded by an extremely high population growth rate the education system is struggling. Since the introduction of free Primary Education, enrolment has leapt from 1 to 3 million by 2006. Entry to secondary school is very selective, which leaves most of the workforce ill equipped for working life, consequently the massive need to provide vocational education.
Funding
The charity has been supported by the investment from its founder as well as a number of fundraising projects, including the Justice Au Coeur and L'Association Des Parents D'Eleves and a grant from Education For All.
Courses
Matema College will be setting up courses in everything from carpentry, to nutrition, bricklaying, farm management and local crafts. In summer 2008, the college offered a day intensive film course for children from Maghemo College in Karonga who wrote, filmed and edited the first scene of a short piece, using a flip, fig-rig and solar powered laptop!.

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