Loyola Jesuit Secondary School (LJSS) is situated in a very fertile area of Malawi.  For years, Kasungu was the location of Malawi’s main agricultural crop for foreign earnings – tobacco.  With decline in world tobacco sales because of health concerns, much of the former tobacco land has been going unused.

The generous assistance in 2014 of the Irish Famine Memorial Fund (Boston) enabled LJSS to purchase a 64 hectare (160 acres) plot about 8 km (5 miles) from our campus.  After letting the former tobacco land lie fallow for two years, maize and other vegetable crops have been planted and are now being harvested.

Our LJSS farm serves three good purposes: provide food for our learners, earn operating funds from local sales, and offer some opportunity for our learners for hands-on experiences of agricultural work.

The photos here show some LJSS learners helping with the most recent harvest of maize (June 2018).  Their smiles indicate they know that the maize will soon turn up in good nshima on their dining room tables!