ABOUT THE SCHOOL
AME Community School
Building Stronger Families, One Child at a Time
Introduction:
Education is fundamentally a social practice that takes place across different spaces and moments in the development of social life. In this context, school-based education, as the subject of public policy, plays a vital role in the formative processes through its various levels, cycles, and modalities. Even within formal education—conducted through institutions such as basic education schools—there are multiple educational purposes and guiding principles for teaching and learning. Each country, shaped by its unique historical and cultural background and national development goals, establishes its own guidelines and foundations for the education system.
The school is located in the administrative post of Inhamizua, locality of Inhamizua, approximately 18 km from the city of Beira. It is built with conventional materials and consists of seven classrooms. It is classified as a Type 2 school and is currently in good condition.
Extracurricular Activities (Sports, School Production, Training Sessions, Thematic Talks, and Other Activities) Throughout this trimester, the school has been actively involved in training students in chess and 11-a-side football. Inter-class competitions in these activities have contributed greatly to student motivation and kept them engaged on Saturdays.
Our Results:
Comparing with the year 2024, the school experienced an increase of 4.4% in the first term of the current year 2025. Given that the number of students has grown and the school has been providing school snacks to all students, which helps retain them, we also offer extra tutoring classes on Saturdays at all levels. In fact, with this methodology, the school has grown significantly in recent years and currently has an enrollment of 1,392 students. Thanks to this motivation and other factors, we consistently achieve very satisfactory academic performance.
- Launched this charity 2010 and school 2015, 15 years success with this initiative
- Launched elementary school grades 1 to 6 In the process to launch middle school system
- Successfully coordinated the building of the infrastructure of the school to have the school facility we have now; this also included helping to strengthen the local economy by hiring local Mozambicans to build the school and clear the land, which also included hiring 11 female Mozambicans specially to clear the land
- Initial years we strategically resulted in Farming to help pay for the infrastructure of the school
- Successful negotiations and partnership with the local Mozambique Education Department
- Successful coordination and partnership with the local Mozambique AME Church
- Initially launched the first class/school year with 95 students, 2 teachers in grade 1 and currently we have a full elementary school grades 1 to 6 , serving 1,392 students ; 15 teachers and a principal.
- Started with 2 classes and now have 7 classes In year 2016 after we had successfully had over 500 students, we had to successfully transitioned to having our own school (initially it was annex)
- We encourage and pay for the ongoing training of the teachers at seminars and speakers
- Thankfully to St Luke AME Church Bermuda We fed our students daily which cause an influx of students to our school
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Bermuda Chapter sponsors the Weekly Reading Program
- Rev. Cyril Simmons sponsors the weekly Chess Program at the school which frequently enters national chess tournaments
- Successfully sponsored footballs to launch a new football program
About Our School Management
| School Management | ||
|---|---|---|
| School Principal | Deputy School Principal | Head of School Secretary |
| Fortunato Gabriel Joaquim | Fernanda Duarte Djandja | Amisse Joao Silica |
