Bible Club Initiative Helps Learners Return to School and Improve Behaviour in Masambanjati

Adolescence often comes with visible changes in how young people think, behave and relate to school and family life. For some, it is a time when interests shift and attention to studies becomes uneven and when guidance at home or school may not always be enough to keep them on track. In Masambanjati, these changes are part of what teachers and community leaders are seeing among learners who are now slowly finding their way back.

For Elube, 16, that period was marked by withdrawal from school and strained relations with those around her at home and in the community. She says she eventually left school and was unsure about what her future looked like. 

“I was not interested in school and I ended up dropping out,” says Elube.

Her situation began to change when she started attending a World Vision-supported Masambanjati Bible Club. The regular gatherings gave her space to reflect, reconnect with learning and gradually rebuild her daily routine around school.

“I realised that school is the way to go and I returned to class. Now I respect my parents and am focused on my future,” says Elube.

Masambanjati Bible Club is led by Dickson Chisoni  who says the programme is used to guide children in both learning and behaviour.

“It encouraging to see many children who had dropped out of school finding their way to class to continue their education, “says Dickson.

Dickson continue to say that the bible club brings children together for Bible lessons, songs and poems with the aim of encouraging discipline, respect and attention to education.

Since 2023, World Vision has supported the establishment of 10 Bible clubs in the area, reaching children who had left school or were at risk of dropping out and encouraging them to return to learning while improving their behaviour.