By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic I travelled back to Zambia in May. It was wonderful to see how many more schools we have recently developed or expanded. The most impressive was Musokotwane High School where ee constructed a 1×3 classroom block, science lab, two boarding shelters and toilets. Pupils no longer have to rent rooms in the village, which can put girls at risk of falling pregnant or being enticed into early marriages. The school has doubled in numbers since the expansion, and the Foundation has kindly offered a further donation to build two teacher’s houses.
A classroom block at Chabalanda, also in Musokotwane Chiefdom, has recently been completed. An additional classroom block, constructed by our trained youth builders, at Kamwi Primary school has given the school the opportunity to upgrade. As of January 2023 grades 8 and 9 pupils will no longer have to walk the 9km to Mukuni High School.
Accompanied by our local team I drove to Bunsanga school and clinic to see two more of our projects, after which we continued to the remote village of Mubuyu where our trained youth builders have constructed a classroom block. The journey was arduous – 80km from Livingstone to Zimba was an easy drive, but once I turned off the main road and drove beyond Nyawa, it was a different story – the tracks were bad! It took three hours to drive just 77km due to the rough terrain, but the long and tiring journey was well worth the toil. The community members were so welcoming and could not thank us enough for our support, especially for providing the community with ground maize during the 2019/2020 drought.
I also visited River View, Senkobo, Kamwi and Ngandu schools to meet up with the orphans and vulnerable children on our orphan sponsorship programme. We introduced our HIV prevention and Girl’s Empowerment programmes to more schools. Five former sponsored pupils, three of them orphans, who completed college and university, are managing these essential programmes which are definitely making an impact!
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