The Deputy General Secretary (DGS) of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia Rev IV Mhone is this week appreciating the work that the Early Childhood Development (ECD) department is doing in all of its catchment areas as part of his familiarization tour of the works that various departments are doing within the synod in serving the people holistically.

The familiarization tour began from Karonga and Nkhatabay on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively where DGS appreciated the progress of the school readiness initiative project that the ECD department is implementing. The project seeks to have a good start to primary school education for vulnerable children from the ECD centres by providing them with high quality early childhood education hence pre-primary learners being ready for primary school and teachers being ready for pre-primary learner

Speaking at Chatata cbcc under in T/A Zilakoma in Nkhatabay district the DGS was overwhelmed with the work that the ECD department is doing in the district and reaffirmed the commitment that the CCAP synod of Livingstonia has in serving the people. He also applauded the department for the commendable job being done in the communities. On the other hand village headman Katuwa commended the job the CCAP synod of Livingstonia for introducing the project in Zilakoma and he continued to appreciate the project such that the cbcc these days have gone digital such that caregivers are now able to conduct activities such as assessments and learning using the tablet which was provided to them the synod.

The project which was toured by the DGS, is being implanted by the ECD Department of the CCAP synod of Livingstonia with funding from Roger Federer Foundation and it will run for two years from 2022 to 2024.