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Kaseye Secondary Girls School (KGSS)
Kaseye Girls Secondary School (KGSS)
Kaseye Girls Secondary School (KGSS) was opened with 67 girls and six teachers on 7 May 2007. It is situated in one of the most
isolated corners in one of the most poorest countries in the world. To get there one has to travel at least three hours on a dirt road
(depending on the condition of the road). Derlva Murphy, the travel writer, once travelled this road and described it as the worst roads
she ever came across (and she travelled extensively in remote areas in Africa and Asia!). John Dunne described it as a river bed.
The 67 girls during 2007 were accommodated in an old house (See Photo 1) which was built in 1951 as a Parish Houses to house
missionaries (Missionaries of Africa mainly from Canada) in this area. The parish has recently been relocated (1999) to a nearby town.
They used a shelter made of galvanised iron sheets as a dining room (See Photo 2) with tables made of just plywood constructed on
rough planks (See Photo 3). For a class room they used refurbished old parish buildings (See Photo 4). During 2007, with the little funds
available, a new dining room was begun which has just recently been completed (January 2008). However this dining room is now being
used to sleep the 65 new comers for Form 1 this year. So it is back to the galvanised sheets for the dining room.
Girls education is very much neglected and it is hard to describe the hope and opportunities that this new school is giving these girls. It is
partly assisted by Government in that they pay the salaries of the teachers (without which the school could not function) but all
infrastructure and other running costs of the school is left to the local school committee.
Many thanks to the following for their support to this new school:
KGSS is being spear-headed by Fr John Moyo (See Photo 7) who tirelessly works to ensure that this school is a success. A recent email
from Fr John Moyo said:
I thank you very much for your great support. The money you sent to us MK 250,000.00 (approx Euro 1,250) helped us to finish the Dinning Hall. Other wise the
MK 500,000.00 we borrowed from Marymount was far from finishing the building. I am doing a lot of technical and supervisory work myself because we cannot
mange to pay many workers. I have managed to source 14 broken metal beds from the District Assembly. I will just weld them and we use them. Most likely I
will get more from them. I will keep on repairing them since we are in need.
According to Fr John Moyo, the very pressing needs are:
Hostel, Classroom blocks, Teacher's Houses, Electricity, Laboratories, Beds and mattresses, Desks and chairs.
Thanks to Jim and Irene Sachs for the seven photos for this page.
Kaseye Girls Secondary School (KGSS) was opened with 67 girls and six teachers on 7 May 2007. It is situated in one of the most
isolated corners in one of the most poorest countries in the world. To get there one has to travel at least three hours on a dirt road
(depending on the condition of the road). Derlva Murphy, the travel writer, once travelled this road and described it as the worst roads
she ever came across (and she travelled extensively in remote areas in Africa and Asia!). John Dunne described it as a river bed.
The 67 girls during 2007 were accommodated in an old house (See Photo 1) which was built in 1951 as a Parish Houses to house
missionaries (Missionaries of Africa mainly from Canada) in this area. The parish has recently been relocated (1999) to a nearby town.
They used a shelter made of galvanised iron sheets as a dining room (See Photo 2) with tables made of just plywood constructed on
rough planks (See Photo 3). For a class room they used refurbished old parish buildings (See Photo 4). During 2007, with the little funds
available, a new dining room was begun which has just recently been completed (January 2008). However this dining room is now being
used to sleep the 65 new comers for Form 1 this year. So it is back to the galvanised sheets for the dining room.
Girls education is very much neglected and it is hard to describe the hope and opportunities that this new school is giving these girls. It is
partly assisted by Government in that they pay the salaries of the teachers (without which the school could not function) but all
infrastructure and other running costs of the school is left to the local school committee.
Many thanks to the following for their support to this new school:
- The Dunne Family (Cork)
- The Carroll Family (Australia)
- St Ann's School, Tipperary (Ireland)
- Wells For Zoe
KGSS is being spear-headed by Fr John Moyo (See Photo 7) who tirelessly works to ensure that this school is a success. A recent email
from Fr John Moyo said:
I thank you very much for your great support. The money you sent to us MK 250,000.00 (approx Euro 1,250) helped us to finish the Dinning Hall. Other wise the
MK 500,000.00 we borrowed from Marymount was far from finishing the building. I am doing a lot of technical and supervisory work myself because we cannot
mange to pay many workers. I have managed to source 14 broken metal beds from the District Assembly. I will just weld them and we use them. Most likely I
will get more from them. I will keep on repairing them since we are in need.
According to Fr John Moyo, the very pressing needs are:
Hostel, Classroom blocks, Teacher's Houses, Electricity, Laboratories, Beds and mattresses, Desks and chairs.
Thanks to Jim and Irene Sachs for the seven photos for this page.
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| Photo 1: Some of the first class of 67 girls at KGSS |
| Photo 2: The first dining-room at KGSS |
| Photo 4: The first classroom at KGSS |
| Photo 3: Inside the dining-room at KGSS |
| Photo 5: The new dining-room being constructed at KGSS at the back of the old parish house, now the hostel |
| Photo 6: Two girls in their 'new hostel' |
| Photo 7: Fr John Benjamin Moyo who is the driving force behind KGSS |
Staff of Kaseye Girls Secondary School
Headmaster of KGSS: Mr John Island Mtambo
Deputy Head: Sr Clementina Phiri
At present there are seven teachers.
Headmaster of KGSS: Mr John Island Mtambo
Deputy Head: Sr Clementina Phiri
At present there are seven teachers.