ABCF Education Projects

We marked 2023 as our year of impact. This year, we completed school renovations, expanded our female guides program, launched additional nutrition programs in the schools we support, increased our human-wildlife co-existence and anti-poaching efforts, and so much more.

Here is a snapshot of some of our impact for 2023 through our Education projects 

Botswana 

• 150 learners were empowered and equipped through our CECT Sports tournament 
• Learners at Khwai Preschool increased from 48 in 2022 to 61 in 2023 and 11 of these learners will be progressing to grade 1 in 2024 

Zambia

• The school pass rate at Maunga increased from 5% in 2021 to 55% in 2023 
• 0 girls missed school in 2023 due to period poverty in comparison to 30 girls in 2022
• 92,800 meals were served at the feeding scheme this year
• Teachers increased from 3 to 13 from 2022 to 2023 
• 30 of the pre-school learners will be progressing to grade 1 in 2024

Zimbabwe

• School pass rate for Mambanje School increased from 4% in 2022 to 17% in 2023 
• We launched a feeding scheme at Mangwara School and have served 60,000 meals this year 

Thank you to all our donors, guests, sponsors and partners. Your continued partnership has helped us make a positive and long-lasting difference in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. We look forward to a fruitful 2024.

Links:

• 2023 Impact video

Maunga Primary School 

We recently repainted the nursery school and donated learning and teaching materials to the teachers and learners at the school. The bright, warm, and vibrant colours at the school aid in creating a stimulating learning environment at the school. The teaching materials are equipping the teacher with additional teaching aids and posters that they can use in class to help with teaching critical skills like reading and writing. Additionally, we have repaired 40 desks and chairs at the school.  

This year we also started providing sanitary pads to girls at school. Girls miss an average of 90 school days a year when they are on their periods and do not have access to sanitary products. By providing them with sanitary pads we are actively tackling period poverty in this community and ensuring that no one gets left behind. We have seen 100% school attendance since we started providing sanitary pads to girls in school. 

We have kicked off the Young Farmers Club at Maunga Primary School. Learners from the school are learning agriculture skills through planting and taking care of crops grown at the local school garden. This garden is equipping learners with practical skills that they can use at home to grow a vegetable garden to support their families. Daily, learners will water and weed the garden. The crops harvested from the garden are used to supplement the daily nutrition program that is running at the school. We managed to harvest around 15kgs of tomatoes for use in the feeding program and we are now planting tomatoes, okra, and cabbage. Our next step is to install drip irrigation for the garden to assist with the water supply at the garden. This will cost us $600. 

Khwai Pre School 

The nutrition program at the school continues to provide daily meals to the learners encouraging them to come to school and providing them with extra food to take home at the end of the day. We built a dining area at the school. We conducted maintenance at the school which included replacing the solar system and installing a borehole in the school providing fresh water to the school so the teachers don't have to go fetch water from the river. Our next steps are to expand the school premises by extending the fence and moving the jungle gym. This will cost us $96,000

Mambanje Primary school 

We have made significant progress on our 2023 renovation plans for Mambanje Primary School.

We have completed the rewiring of the school which allowed us to connect solar power to the school. The availability of electricity with ensure that the lights are working and that the school has power for the computer lab. Our next step is to repair the doors and windows at the school.

Thank you for continuing to partner with us as we strive to make a positive impact in the lives of the learners and teachers at our schools.