In partnership with Hooke Court in Malawi, Prodigal Bikes has supplied over 190 bikes to school teachers in the schools around Bandawe and Chintheche on the western shore of Lake Malawi. Here the teachers were walking many kilometres from their accommodation to the schools they teach at. With the bikes they now have more time and energy to devote to teaching.
The bikes are maintained by pupils and staff at the Bandawe school for the deaf. This work helps upskill the students with engineering skills improving their chances of employment in a country with very high unemployment.
The bikes have been delivered in three batches since 2018. The results have been amazing. Most of the bikes are still running. We understand that this area’s education was ranked 16th out of 17 in Malawi. Since the bikes were delivered, and with the work Hooke Court have done, they are now 3rd out of 17.
Meet the team
Pearson Chimono
Bandawe Deaf School HeadPearson is the head of the Deaf School in Bandawe and partners with us overseeing the maintenance of the bikes by his deaf students as part of their vocational training.
Simon
Mobile Bike MechanicA graduate of the Bandawe school for the deaf, Simon showed aptitude and ability in bike maintenance. Prodigal Bikes have set him up as a mobile bike mechanic to look after the teachers bikes.
Christopher
Lead Bike MechanicChristopher works as a bike maintenance at the deaf school and teaches the deaf children how to maintain the bikes. Simon was one of his students.
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