Meet Anaene Situmbeko, a Grade 6 pupil at Janna Community School. He is 12 years old and has been at Janna School for 2 years after moving from Hope and Faith school in Lusaka. He lives with his Aunt and Uncle and their three children with Anaene falling in the middle.
Anaene starts his day like many children in Zambia, with bread or rice as his breakfast. He will then do the washing of the plates at home and any other chores he needs to do before heading off for a 7 o' clock start at school. Luckily Anaene doesn’t live too far from school, with a 10-15 minute walk before settling down for school from 7am until 12pm.
As Janna has its feeding programme in place, he has nshima and rice for his lunch with a possible bean, beef or chicken extra and vegetables to accompany it. As nshima is the staple food for meals, Anaena also has it for his dinner as well as lunch.
When I asked him about being at Janna his first response was that he really liked going to school and coming to learn. He was quick to answer that science was his favourite subject at school and he enjoys doing English and Bemba lessons as well. When I mentioned social science he made a face of disgust so that was quickly decided as his least favourite subject of them all. He eagerly went on to tell me that once he’s finished school he really wants to be a pilot so that he can explore the world. He really wants to be able to visit America and the UK and when he goes to America he wants to be able to stay with his cousin who is doing medicine. But for now he’s content with playing football with his friends and reading stories at home whilst he makes his way through education.
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