Education Zambia Project #3969

Orphan Education Support - Zambian Villages

by The Butterfly Tree

Orphan Education Support - Zambian Villages

Project Report | Oct 30, 2016
Project Updates from Zambia

By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder

New boarding facility for 28 rural girls

Three weeks is just not enough time to visit the many projects we have in the four Chiefdom of the Kazungula District! However, I did manage to see a considerable number of them. What impressed me more than ever is the commitment of our team of volunteers on the ground, besides the original members we have recruited some of the orphans who received orphan support and have now completed school.n the education front we have almost completed a development, which included the expansion of two classroom blocks, a teacher’s house and latrines at Sinsimuku School.

Further improvements are being made at N’gandu School, plus a water system for both the school and village, are now being added. A new boarding shelter at Mukuni has been completed. This is our third Mukuni boarding facility, enabling rural orphans and vulnerable pupils to attend high school.

Once again we distributed educational materials at River View School. Text books for this school were also given out, as well as to Ndele, Chuunga and Napapandi Community Schools.

Four bore holes have been installed at River View and Kazungula Boarding Schools – Sekute Chiefdom, and Nguba and Mayala Schools – Nyawa Chiefdom. Previously pupils from Mayala had to draw water from a river several kilometres from their school. We also funded electification at Mambova Clinic.

After six months without rain I came across a great deal of hunger. It saddens me to see children who are receiving only one meal a day, and often that consists of only vegetables. Bags of maize were donated to needy families. The communities are desperate for rain and have started preparing the land for planting. This season is also the time to get malaria prevention methods in place. After last year’s success with our new malaria prevention initiative we provided further protection in the Mukuni Chiefdom by distributing 330 mosquito nets in areas of high malaria prevalence.

Many widows and the elderly are living in appalling conditions, struggling to feed and educate orphans. Their houses are old and dilapidated – once the rains start water will seep into their homes. Six houses are currently under construction.

While in Zambia I spent a great deal of time with our young volunteers. Besides working on the HIV education through peer education programme some of them have been trained in the building of community houses so that they can earn an income.

The three weeks flew by – there is always so much to be done! I cannot thank enough all the volunteers, both locally and internationally, who give up their free time to help our cause. A special thanks to our global donors who continue to support our grass root projects in Zambia.

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