Project Report
| Mar 1, 2016
Great Exams
By Linda Wilkinson | Founder of Chikumbuso
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Chikumbuso began as a school for 30 orphans who found themselves unable to attend the public school and it has grown into a community center with a K-7 school for approximately 400 students. This year we have opened a seventh grade classroom thanks to a gift from a very generous family who paid for the construction of the classroom. The students are super excited to stay at Chikumbuso for their seventh grade because they love the center but also because this is the year of their first set of exams. They are blessed to have the opportunity to stay and take exams in a classroom that they are familiar in and with a teacher they know.
Just recently Chikumbuso was informed that our seventh graders (who did go off to another school for their exams ) all passed with flying colors. Each and every one of them. As a community we are so proud of these students. They have been given an opportunity to succeed in life and it seems they are holding on to it tightly. Our students would never have been able to succeed in this with out the dedication of our amazing teachers. The teachers at Chikumbuso are hard workers and we should applaud them.
Your support is making a BIG difference!
Dec 1, 2015
Christmas Break
By Linda Wilkinson | Executive Director
As the semester ends and our students head off for "summer" break, we get a chance to take a break, breathe and reflect on the wonderful things that have happened this year. We are so thankful for all our donors and their support of our school as we work hard to educate and inspire the children of Ng'ombe. Our students are some of the highest achieving public school students in all of Zambia. They are consistently in the top 10 students for each secondary school they are sent to. We are so proud of them and their work.
And yet there is still so much to do - we still have several classrooms that need sponsorship. Each class depends on Chikumbuso for school supplies: basic necessities like paper, scissors, pens, and more. It's hard to realize how important these materials can be, in our world of plenty. But our teachers are constantly buying supplies for their classes, and that investment keeps them from saving for themselves. And kids regularly miss opportunities to learn as they wait for their turn with the chalkboard or the pen. These interruptions waste valuable class time for each of our kids.
Please think of supporting a classroom as a family this year, as part of your family gift to each other. Bring together your aunts, uncles, parents, kids, in support of education. It takes a village!
Aug 19, 2015
A Dream Come True...
By Linda Wilkinson | Founder
The dream was laid out by the widows of Chikumbuso about three years ago when they were asked what their hopes and dreams were for the project in the coming years. The widows had several dreams but one in particular was to have a new seventh grade classroom. Seventh grade in Zambia marks the end of elementary school and is a year where all students must take a written test to see if they can move on to the upper levels of Middle school and then High school.
This year through the generous gift of two of our volunteers the seventh grade classroom is being built. We are so thrilled that the hearts of the widows are being heard and that dreams do come true.
What we need is help from you in classroom sponsorship. With this gift comes the need for more funds to furnish the room, buy supplies and pay for a new teacher's salary. Please consider helping us finish up the room and get it ready for our sixth graders when they "move up" and start a new school year in January 2016.