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.
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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