My name is Timweleko Mwanza. I was born and bred in Chongwe district where I did both my primary and secondary school. I was raised by grandmother who was a headteacher at Kapekete Secondary School and was also a farmer.
Education wise, I started at Chalimbana Primary School where I did my grade 1 to 7, achievement, I obtained a grade school certificate. Interesting enough, when I qualified for senior level, I was posted at Kapekete Secondary School, where my grandmother was a school manager or headteacher. While at secondary school, I was very hardworking and my performance was outstanding. When I wrote my grade 12 final examinations, I passed very well with good school results and I was awarded a full scholarship to study at the university of Zambia main campus in the school of medicine and surgery. I spent 6 years at the university and I graduated with a bachelors degree with a merit. Due to being outstanding among my peers, I was offered a job to immediately to work at Maina Soko Hospital of the defence forces, as a medical doctor.
Generally our culture , is a culture that support humanism which means working together by rulers of the land who is the chief and the chiefs headmen or subject leaders. Our culture is so rich traditional ceremony called Nchwala which celebrated during the farming season in remembrance of our ancestors. The head of ceremony is the chief called Mpenzeni who graces and officially opens the ceremony with special dances.
Am a mother of 3 children, my children are currently school going children and very hard working in their acadmic school work. The first born want to replicate my career as a medical doctor and the second born wants to become a teacher like my grandmother who was a teacher and rose to headteacher.
Hobbies, I like going to the farm to do to farming activities, I like gardening mostly on my free times and planting some crops. I also love watching TV and travelling especially visiting friends and relatives.
Currently am working as a medical doctor and I earn a monthly income. Apart from working , Iam involved in farming and growing different types of crops such as maize, sweet potatoes, a variety of vegetables and legume. Farming is important since I was a young girl , my grandmother taught me to take farming serious apart from academic school work because is a source of food security for nation and households. Farming is a great source of income. I grow maize for the production of mealie meal which is our staple food in our community. Hence I need to helped with funds to ferry maize to market for the production of mealie meal to sell to the people of the community. Currently I need to fix my canter truck which needs new tyres. 1 tyres is costing me K 2,500.00 and I need 4 tyres at the moment which will cost me K 10,000.00 to buy 4 tyres to make my canter truck move and help me to go the market to sell the maize crop for the production of mealie meal.
The profits made, I will buy the farming inputs mostly to support me once again in my next farming season and some profits I need to support my children by paying them with school fees and improve the standard of loving of the family.
Following the break down of transport at the farm, I need to repair the canter truck by buying for 4 tyres which are needed for the farm canter truck to transport maize to the market for the production or for processing mealie meal at the hammer for sell. The vehicle cannot move, it needs new tyres for it to move to the market without challenges.