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At least twenty Catholic Nuns drawn from different Church Congregations in Malawi have undergone a four week training course in Financial Management, which was organized by the Association of Women, Religious Institute of Malawi (AWRIM) in collaboration with the Hilton Foundation of United States of America.
According to Mr Patrick Gathi Wanyanga, the Facilitator of the course, the participants were equipped with skills and knowledge in accounting, quick books or digital calculation and grant writing among others.
Mr Wanyanga said that the accounting topic covered the basic accounting principles whereby records of the cash book and ledgers produce the financial statement and balance sheet that in turn determines the profit and loss of an organization.
“Most of the nuns trained came from Catholic Institutions where they work as Bursars and Administrators but, do not actually have the knowledge of how to prepare proper budgets,” he said adding that “Hence the reason why we wanted to equip them with special skills on how to prepare a budget and budgetary controls.”
He said that the participants were also trained on auditing on which they could relate very well with external and internal auditors.
“I must say that I was very much impressed by that class. I am sure they are going to apply whatever they have learnt during this four week at their respective places of work,” he said.
The Coordinator for the program, Rev Sister Hilary Chombo commended the Hilton Foundation for supporting Malawian nuns and the AWRIM for taking an initiative to introduce the course in for Nuns.
At least 80 Nuns in the Malawi will benefit from the initiative by the end of this year.
SOURCE: ECM Communications Department
