The Ottawa delegates tour to The Polytechnic aimed at establishing an ongoing relationship, cultural exchange and international friendship between the two institutions.

The relationship among others, will allow the duo to work hand to hand in various projects that will help the country to grow economically.

The Polytechnic will be overseeing research and projects that Ottawa is carrying out and implementing them in Malawi.

During the get together function, representatives of Students Union of both institutions shined a sport light on how donor aid affect developing countries.

They further shared ideas in which their schools run various programs and how the Unions help their fellow students.

The Polytechnic Students union president, Japhet Nthala hailed Ottawa University envoys for interacting with them as it will not only benefit the institution, but rather the nation as a whole.

“This interaction was very constructive, especially to us [The Polytechnic students] as we have learnt a lot of things not only just those in academics, but also ones that are related to our country,” Nthala said.

Nthala further said, the partnership will help them to improve their leadership and capacity building skills.

“We have requested Ottawa University to consider us [The Polytechnic students] to be involved in an implementation of the construction projects that they are working on in various Secondary Schools in Malawi,” he continued.

On her part, a representative of Ottawa University Students senate, Adia Vaughn, said the function has opened her eyes on the way Malawian University students view how their nation should be operated. 

“It was very exciting and fruitful to interact with The Malawi Polytechnic students as I have learnt a lot of ideologies that will help Ottawa University to work on its Poverty Documentary,” Vaughn said.