Orphan Education Support - Zambian Villages

The Butterfly Tree, founded in 2006, is about to complete another successful year. In the past year we developed more schools, built a new health post, installed boreholes and toilets, and initiated sustainable income-generating projects for women and young people with disabilities, to provide food security.

In addition we distributed thousands of mosquito nets for the prevention for malaria and sponsored new orphans and vulnerable children in primary and secondary schools.

Constructed by former sponsored orphans, this month our trained youth builders completed a 1×3 classroom block for Musokotwane Secondary school. Generously funded by The Murphy Family Foundation the donation includes computers, science equipment and desks, as well as power for the entire school. Furthermore the donor is funding a 1×3 classroom block at River View Secondary school, which is currently under construction.

This week our young builders will commence construction for a new secondary school at Nguba, which will include a 1×3 classroom block, a staff house and toilets. A further team will head to Bbombe Lyangoma, a remote area in Nyawa, to build a 1×2 classroom block and toilets for their community school. Both are being funded by a private donor.

The special education class at Mukuni recently received donations of footballs, sports kits and learning materials. This facility is vital in helping children, who have a wide range of difficulties, including intellectual impairment and Cerebral Palsy, to keep active and to be educated. The charity also built special education classrooms at Katapazi and Simango schools, and offers ongoing support.

March was Cerebral Awareness month and without our support children like Joseph, may not have been able to walk let alone be educated. At the age of six Joseph could not walk. The charity funded a 12-month course of physiotherapy after which he was sponsored to go to school. Now aged fifteen Joseph thrives at the special education class and plays football.

To further improve the education facilities in the past month The Butterfly Tree has drilled three boreholes (wells) for Nguba Secondary school, and Kamusiku and Monono Primary schools. 

Thank you to all our donors, volunteers and fundraisers for your tremendous support and I would to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Happy Easter.