The right to education is a birthright of every Malawian but the story is different for an eight year-old boy in Nkhotakota who works as a herdboy in a village far away from his home in order to buy basic needs.
The boy, Masauko Frazer who is from Benga village, Traditional Authority Mwadzama in Nkhotakota, left his parents’ house when his current boss went to his village to look for boys to work for him.
Masauko told Malawi24 that looking at how his parents were failing to buy him basic needs he chose to accept the job offer with the aim of helping himself and his parents.
He added that it was worrisome seeing how his parents starve and he thought it wise to work so that he can help them with the little money that he gets.
“My parents are just staying without any job, they fail to support us and now they rely on me to have a little coin in their pockets. I can be glad if well-wishers can hear my cry and make me achieve my dream of working in a bank one day.
“I really want to go further with education. My ambition is to be working in bank but my parents were even failing to buy notebooks for me,” Frazer told Malawi24.
Community members told Malawi24 that a lot of young boys below the age of 15 are employed as herdboys in Nkhotakota district, a development that is hindering these children from going to school with the aim of helping the country to develop social economically.
According to the investigations, it has been established that the boys are taken from their villages and sometimes told they will be selling freezes villages but they end up becoming cowboys.
Very sad indeed! Oh how sad for such a thing to happen to-day!
Thangomuthandizani bwana mwanayo koma ndi ambili ovutka nkumalawi kuno
SIZILI KUNDIKHUDZA INE
Nanga atani kuti apeze chakudya
Mulekeni Mwana Azidya Nsima. Inu Anthu A Mtawuni Mumayankhula Mopusa Kwabasi Popeza Mavuto Simunawaonepo. Ndi Ana Ambiri Akugona Ndi Njala Inu Munawathandiza Chiyani? Ndiponso Bola Uyu Wapenza Ntchito Ifenso Tadutsa Momwemu. Tsono Kumangoti Zomvetsa Chisoni Koma Osachitapo Kanthu Mumafuna Kuti Mwanayu Afe Ndi Njala? Zikomo Kwambiri Iwe Mwini Ng’ombe Chifukwa Chomulemba Ntchito Mwanayo . Ngari Alipo Wachifundo Amutengeretu Mwanayo Komanso Ena Omwe Agona Ndi Njara
This boss is very bad
Mzomwe zimachitika kumalawi nthawi zonse sichachilendo mwana kuweta ziweto koma tsogolo amadziwa ndi ambuye kumwambaku basi ndi zambiri zomwe timaganiza kuti ndidzakhala woyendetsa ndege pamene zomwe uti udzachite sizimenezo ndiye dzikolo
Ife nde tinakulira maganyu omweo nanga mmati azikapempha mmiseu?
Mabungwe athandizepo mwana apite ku school .
Iwe olemba nkhani nawe, sudziwa kuti Malawi ndidziko losaukisisa padziko lose? Maboma ose alephera kutukula miyoyo ya wa nthu ake! Adalemera kale akungoika vindalama mnthumba! Afiti.
Ngati simunavutike muli ang’ono, thokozani Mulungu
5yrs thats nt on Guys
Kodi anthu enanu mwatani zithu zikusitha everyday nde mukamati nane ndinapangapo ndili mwana means utakhala kut sunampudzile koma mulungu kukudalisa nditindala mwana wako sazaphudziraso kamba koti you sunageli?? Nde ngat u are agree wth that fucken life malawi azaaintha mkukhala wantendere??
8yrs in primary 4yrs secondary about 4yrs college plus ka ulova ka 3yrs kut adzayambe kupeza ndalama pomwe kuweta ng’ombe 30days akuphulila dollar which one iz better ?
zazii, kusowa nkhani yolemba eti
The man must be arrested for child abuse.
Muuzeni asiye kulisha ng’ombe muzimuthandiza inuyo,,,,bwee bweee kukhala ngati mumathandiza ovutika
Ndakusapo ng’ombe amwene ndili ndizaka 7 ndiye zikadabwitse lero?. That’s Malawi. Mumangova eeet.:
This is Africa and tikuyenera kuvomereza
Zaka 8? NdiZomvesa chisoni kwambiri. Boma lichitepo kanthu
This Is Too Much Kma.
Some stories can make you cry…my Lord
bolaiyeyoinendapatsilapomatopendilimu1aapitilizebasimaphunziloakeatiatichonchikugwawa,koditubomalingolephelakunenakutimaphunziloathetsedweinukomasimuwona,aa
TISATENGE MOYO WAKALE TISAKUDZINDIKILA KUFUNIKA KWA FUTURE OF CHILDREN LETS THINK ABOUT NOT TO SAY ALSO ME NDAKULA NDI MOYO OMWEO. ITS OUR RESPOBILITY TO CHANGE OLD LIFE INTO NEW LIFE STOP REAPITING THINGS THE WOLRD IS GOING FORWALD EVERYDAY. MALAWI ITS TIME LOOK OUR DIRECTION..
TISATENGE MOYO WAKALE TISAKUDZINDIKILA KUFUNIKA KWA FUTURE OF CHILDREN LETS THINK ABOUT NOT TO SAY ALSO ME NDAKULA NDI MOYO OMWEO. ITS OUR RESPOBILITY TO CHANGE OLD LIFE INTO NEW LIFE STOP REAPITING THINGS THE WOLRD IS GOING FORWALD EVERYDAY. MALAWI ITS TIME LOOK OUR DIRECTION..
mmmm so sad
Ineso Ndidawetapo Kom Ndimkalandira Dengu Mango
Bola iyeyo,ine ndinayamba kuweta ng’ombe ndili ndi zaka 5
Bodza zaka 5 ungawete ng’ombe? Kumakhala serious man
But to m it doesn’t make sense les think about future of our young ones by sending them to school fullstop
Dis story’s #Admi ndinu mulendo mu malawi muno hahahaa lol…u got no idea how many kidz r nt goin to xul cuz of poverty/omwe akungokhalira maganyu.
Its not a strange thing in our tradition, I did the same not for money and its fun too
Kusowa zolembadi amene amalemba kuli ma NGOS a anyamata ngati mmm
Akuluakulu tisalozane dzala, lets just find a solution. Tsopano Makolo ndi mwini ziweto akamangidwa, sikuonjezera mavuto enanso? Mwanayutu akula ngati an orphan. Kumaganiza
We could cook poridge using milk as water in jangle,herding cattle until we reached the age of twelve and went to school
Umenewo nde moyo wa ku africa,umene tinakula nawo admin they is nothing wrong here
there is nothing they can do without doingg some piece works if at all the govmt is failing to asist the poor
Whom To Blame Government,parents Or The Owner The Cattle.
ine nawetapo mbuzi ankandipasa zovala malipiro
Ame
If there is a consent from parents I dont see any problem…those who are saying the cows owner should be punnished are you going to feed the families benifiting from these cows owner, go to bwandilo at night there are sex wokers as young as 10 years old..this is the s real story we should be talking about……
Shame boys are children too and so called NGO’s are quite coz is not a girl shame on you
Bwelani ku kasungu ambili komaso mukamawalesa anao muzi a pezela zochita because inu mumakhala ku town khawa zanu munapachika nde kunganiza kawili be for ku chita chithu amakusa ziwetozo chifukwa chamavuto antha kukhala ndi makolo koma gati sakupeza khobili atani chonde ok.
bwelani ku CHIKWAWA & NSANJE muzaone nokha mwana wachaka chimozi akuweta zifuyo
Liar spoted
kkkkkkk koma inu lol
Kkkkkkkk mwana wa chaka chidzi???
inusotu ngat ili mbanje mupenga nayo
kkkkkk mbanje??nkhan ndiyot zogwilisa ana ntchito sizinasiye malo by so I just want to hav an attention on my point
Enafe taweta mbuzi za weni koma pano ndi history chabe
ndiye mabwana amawa enieni amaneyo
mmesa mwati, makolo ake alipo!!!a
mmesa mwati, makolo ake alipo!!!a
kusowa zolemba then kutyper mbwelera
@Evance tell them ifemso tawetawetapo ndipo timkayamba std1 tili ndi 12 years so nothing is new! More especially there in My home district Phalombe!
Mmmmmm nanu! U want what was happing to u should also happen to this chap? This is the violation of child labour act. Govt or Human rights organisations should act on this
Do proper check in most district here in mw they are so many young people doing the same
But it’s wrong mate.
Dyson i think yo goverment is the one to blame. They have failed to provide proper basic education. They cant even pay teachers. So the goverment think these kids teach themselves. Even u send a kid to school. How do u call a school 4rm std 1 to std 8 with 2 teachers and they dont get paid. Is that not violating kids rights
This differs from you time as you know now kids grows fast! !!! Now school starts with 2 years old & we must help our kids while their young for better of tomorrow
Ya @ Tadeo Goliath, the act is not good at all but there is nothing new here.
This practice is happening almost in all districts not KK only and there is nthing strange coz tikuziona
Not fair ..they are ruining the boy’s life
Nuwake ng’ombezo should be panishment
punished
NGOS pliz do something dont be greedy with the donations you are pocketing
This is africa,
The employer and parents must b arrested
If you arrest the employer and the parents where will the boy stay and what will he be doing inorder to earn a living?
It means am wrong so u mean its good for a little boy of that age b working like a herdboy?
Thus Not a new issue, come here in phalombe you will see so many under 10 children raising cattle and goats.
Exactly, thing like this eeeehe!! Ndizovuta kt zitheretu.
Phalombe wake pati? Kodi kunamaku bwanji fumwe
Kwankhulambe fumwe
Forced? Geez! can we just go and get the boss and hang him for this deed?
So Sad
That’s inhuman
It’s Unfair
Kids have right for education,,,,, and this shame