A very dedicated team of people in Mlali work hard to ensure that the children of their community get the best education possible. They believe wholeheartedly that by investing their time in the children of their village, they will go on to transform their families, their community and beyond. Meet them here!
School Management Team
“The thing that makes me get up every morning and do all the work I'm doing is the way that children and their parents benefit from our work. I feel blessed to see happy children who really enjoy all the services we provide and the way the school is owned by the community.”
Yohana Chuma, Head Teacher and School Manager
Teachers
Twelve hard working and passionate teachers come to the classrooms of QEA every day to teach, nurture and build the futures of the students at the school.
The nursery teachers are Kezia Magawa and Diana Ngoliga (pictured below with their class), and the primary level teachers are Jane Peason (Mathematics & Kiswahili and English), Thadei Mhando (Mathematics & Science), Emmanuel Nkurlu (Kiswahili & Social science) Upendo Michael (Kiswahili and English), Yona Mlojo (Social Science), Chukia Juma (Mathematics), Hadija Mbaga (Kiswahili & Social science), Yohana Chuma (Head Teacher, English and Social Science) Baraka Mahinyila (Science) and Joseph Lembile (Mathematics & Kiswahili).
Hear from some of the teachers below about their work and why they do it.
“If you show a child love, then they will learn love, and they will be a person of love. In their teacher, they will see that love produces good things.”
Jane Peason, P1 Teacher (Maths, Kiswahili and English)
Quoted in Under the Tree, a 2016 documentary project by Ryan LeCluyse
School Support Team
Tributes To Michael Sekwiha and Laizer Sekwiha
“I’ve become an old man, I don’t have any strength to chase cows here and there. But education, education does not age. Even now I advise my fellow parents that education is not something to avoid. Those who may think differently, I encourage them to prioritise education.
It’s the foundation of development… education.”
Michael Sekwiha in “Under the Tree”, a 2016 documentary project by Ryan LeCluyse
Kilines is the Founding Director of the Queen Elizabeth Academy and is the driving force behind it all. She is a talented teacher, and constantly sees the potential in people around her. She has fought long and hard for the QEA and for her home village Mlali and continues to inspire and transform her community more every day.