Empowering Zambian youth to lead positive change

As the year comes to a close, we would firstly, like to take the time to thank all our donors. We are aware that we couldn't do our work if we didn't have the strong support of people like you. 

We have had a hugely impactful year, and are excited to share it with you. I see so much brilliance, resilience and a deep hunger among our students to solve Zambia's challenges. By giving them access to the best universities, global internship opportunities, and international connections, they can bring back their learning to Zambia and contribute to its development. The results speak for themselves: 

• We doubled the number of students on our Young Leaders Programme to 16 young people
• 15/16 of this year's Young Leaders have fully-funded opportunities to attend university abroad. The one student who doesn't have a place has interned with an NGO. They have since given her a permanent role. She will apply fo university this year
• We unlocked scholarships of £4.2 million
• Our students are going to university in the US (Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Tufts, Northwestern, Notre Dame and Swarthmore), Turkey, Rwanda, Ghana, Lebanon, India and Zambia 
• Each current Young Leader works with 10 local children to support their in their English while they are on site with us - the ripple effect has already begun. 

Our first year students are just waiting the results of their Early Decision Applications. It is both an exciting and stressful time for them. There has been more pressure than ever on access to these fully funded opportunities. 

Some of our alumni graduated this year and have headed home. After taking a course four years ago with Bongo Hive, a tech start-up hub in the capital, she was inspired to study computer science which she combined with visual arts. She is now working at Bongo Hive helping with front end systems development. 

We go into the year, with a strong programme. We are expanding to include a new agricultural project which will also involve training up local people in newer farming techniques.  We will select our next Young Leaders during February and March 2026. 

Also in 2026, we aim to complete our long-awaited "Learning Forum", the building which will house our main classrooms, library and computer room. 

Links:

• Our website