Flat Stanley Learns About Roofing a Malawian House

Flat Stanley, best friends with the First Lady of Arkansas, Ginger Beebe, was curious about why these strong Malawian women were carrying these bundles of tall grass.

So, we stopped to talk to the women and they gave Flat a ride and an education about building the rooftops of their houses with grass as protection.

Fay and Flat found out how very heavy the bundles of grass were. We could not carry them alone!

Oh, so this is how the grass is used! Here's a beautiful grass-roofed house.

Zomba CCAP Community Day Secondary School

Fay Kelle, Ph.D., who is in Malawi for 2 ½ months from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service performing her International Public Service Project (IPSP), spoke with students on July 27th about “Learning to Build Character and the Skills of Democratic Citizenship in Difficult Circumstances in Malawi.”


Misheck Munthali, Country Director for Civitas Malawi and Project Citizen Malawi, the organization that sponsored Dr. Kelle’s IPSP work, also pointed out to the students how promoting their own individual development could also help them build a prosperous democratic society in Malawi.


Students Listen Intently at the Zomba CCAP Community Day Secondary School


Students Learn to Question at the Zomba CCAP Community Day Secondary School


Main Buildings of the New Suburban Zomba CCAP Community Day Secondary School


The Facilities of the New Suburban Zomba CCAP Community Day Secondary School

Mzuzu University American Corner on August 2, 2007

Misheck Munthali, Civitas Malawi (CM) Co-Founder and Country Director, and Dr. J. Fay Kelle from University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service gave a presentation at the Mzuzu University American Corner on August 2, 2007.




The topic was: The Goals (Agency, Civility and Equality or ACE) and the Essential Competencies (Emotional/Social, Political and Intellectual Competencies or EPIC) of Democratic Citizenship for a Democratic and Prosperous Life in Malawi. Several participants commented after the presentation that it was very “eye opening.” The talk focused on the work of Civitas Malawi, specifically Project Citizen Malawi, which is a democratic citizenship secondary curricular program designed by Center for Civic Education, Calabasas, CA and funded by the USA Department of Education and USAID, and coordinated through Civitas Africa and Civitas International.