Miss Malawi 1st Princess to educate street kids
Miss Malawi 1st Princess to educate street kids
BY MARCUS MUHARIWA
02:14:28 - 05 December 2006
Almost clocking six months basking in the glory of being Malawi’s 1st Princess, Tusekile Wilkinson has dedicated all her energy during her reign to change the lives of street children in Lilongwe by sending them to school.
Wilkinson, under her Sound Culture Promotions, on Friday held a Karaoke Night Bash at the Shark to raise money with which she intends to send 9 boys who live in the streets of the capital city to school in January next year.
“As 1st Princess of Miss Malawi, I have social obligations to fulfil and my passion is to help the street kids who we pass by in town everyday. I decided that the best help I can provide for these kids is sending them to school,” Wilkinson said.
Wilkinson said after meeting the children aged between 6 and 9 in different streets of Lilongwe just after a few days in her new status, she asked them to take her to their parents where she found out that the parents were too poor to send the children to school.
The 1st princess’ fundraising efforts began early November when her promotion outfit organised a Banana Beach Party at the Portuguese Sports Club where she managed to raise about K60, 000.
“At first I approached different companies in Lilongwe for sponsorship like Celtel and Uniliver but I was told that I had to talk with their head offices in Blantyre which I could not manage so I decided to start with the little I had,” Wilkinson said.
When the nine boys get enrolled this coming January and their school fees paid, Wilkinson said she would be giving money to their parents on a weekly basis to support the boys as she will be carrying out other activities to raise more funds.
“I have learnt that not all children that we see loitering in the streets of our cities and towns are orphans. They have parents and guardians and these people simply don’t have the capacity to support the children’s education and provide them with the necessities,” she said.
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