ELA's youth club in Mzuzu is powerfully breaking the news

Mwatandala uli (how are you) dear beautiful people?
 
As you know ELA org. been focusing and assisting 3 marginalized groups: children, youths and women. These are programs we have been running since 2013 up to date:

• EVERYDAY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR 50 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (+FEEDING) in Mazembe village
• EVERYDAY GENERAL WORKSHOPS FOR 200 PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (Mathematics, English, reading, writing, art, sport workshops) in Mazembe village
• ELA YOUTH CLUB FOR 140 YOUTHS in Mzuzu town and in Mazembe village (Drama/theater club, singing, dancing group, football &volleyball team, sponsoring students with school fees) 
• WOMEN ELA'S CLUB FOR 50 WOMEN (financial literacy course and assistance with establishing small scale businesses)
• ELA SKILLS ENTERTAINMENT (Car sports entertainment and acrobatic entertainment) 
  
  *All ELA's programs are free of charge for all participants. 
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Problems of Malawian youths are that few successfully finish primary school and have financial abilities to sign into good secondary school as quality ones are really expensive this why they remain home and start with their illicit behavior. They start drinking, taking drugs, smoking illegal drugs and practicing dangerous sexual behavior which leads to teenage pregnancies and HIV/AIDS spread. They are in desperate need of changing their behavior, finding ways of further education, in need spiritual guidance and safe choices for better future. We have been observing immense issues of youths in rural and urban areas because of excess of time, no option of further schooling due to lack of financial abilities to pay for their school fees. In January 2015 we established ELA Youth club in Mazembe village. We established theatre/drama group through which youths showcased issues as dangers of HIV/AIDS spreading, importance of gender equality, importance of finishing education and important messages. We established singing, dancing groups, showcased poetry readings, comedians and started with football and netball club. Through few performances in nearby secondary schools and villages we gathered support (plus ELA org added funds) and 7 most needy scholars (youths having issues with substance abuse and prostitution) were sponsored and sent back to continue their schooling in secondary school. We also organised youths and visited elders who were in need of assistance and mended their homes, washed their clothes and did other house chores as well in order to instill in youths importance of helping less fortunate in ways that do not require money and bring satisfaction and behavior change in the youths.

In December 2015 we opened second ELA Youth club in town Mzuzu (Northern Malawi). We noticed immense need for it too, as issues of youths have been similar to ones from the village and they desperately needed safe, honest organisation to help them towards behaviour changes, showcase of their talents (drama groups, singers, dancers, comedians, poets, acrobats) through different performances.
On 23rd January 2016 we also cleaned town Mzuzu with our 140 youths and ran awareness campaign for clean city and importance of it to prevent diseases outbreaks. Show was showcased thereafter which was really successful as more than 300 people gathered to witness our youths performances.
 
On 29th January we had THAO volunteers (Towirane HIV/AIDS org) lecturing to our youths about dangers of HIV and AIDS. Before the lecture our youths impressed them with drama/theater performances on this topic, sang songs of it, read their poetry, dance and truly showed their professionalism.  ​