MUST has organised the tournament in order to raise money towards establishment of scholarship fund to support the needy and deserving students at the institution.
Speaking when presenting a cheque for the initiative, TNM’s Head of Marketing Sobhuza Ngwenya said the sponsorship was a fulfillment of TNM’s commitment to promote access to education for the underprivileged in the country.
“TNM is committed to making life better for the youth of the country by clearing barriers to access tertial education. Looking at the objectives of this golf tournament, we believe that it is a very worthwhile cause to support so that MUST can be able to achieve this objective of making sure that the needy students can be able to access education,” said Ngwenya.
Ngwenya said TNM appreciates the importance of education to the socio-economic development of Malawi, underscoring education as an important pillar of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) Policy.
In her remarks after receiving the cheque, MUST Vice Chancellor Professor Address Malata hailed TNM for the support describing the company as a great partner to the public institution.
“We are very thankful to TNM for coming forward. Actually, the company has shown that it has partnered with us. The university has decided to come up with the scholarship fund that will be supporting students over the years and we would like to make sure that no student drops out of our institution,” said Malata.
The tournament shall be graced by the Vice President Dr Saulos Chilima who is also expected to tee off.