World Youth Skills Day, 15 July 2018
July 12, 2018
Ruth Kampangele is now a tiler. She has built a new house for her grandparents. Build It builds skilled construction workers out of unemployed young
Ruth Kampangele is now a tiler. She has built a new house for her grandparents. Build It builds skilled construction workers out of unemployed young
Hello again. I’m writing this blog from the UK. Although I’m now technically “home”, after 14 months in Zambia I’m still find having trouble adapting
In April 2017 our CEO Andrew Jowett attended the opening of the new school in the village of Katole. The whole community joined in the
We are delighted to welcome 46 young trainees who started their Fast Track bricklaying training in March. These 11 women and 35 men will spend
Evening of Thursday 5 July 2018, London. Build It Annual Supporter Reception: A great opportunity for our UK supporters to get together and find out more
This week we celebrated International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Women like Enelesi who
Construction continues at our new training centre, our Centre for Excellence, in Lusaka. It is estimated that Zambia needs around 17,000 new construction workers each
There is growing concern about the effect of plastic waste on the environment recognising the urgent need to reduce our plastic consumption. Build It has
Over 100 children in the isolated rural community of Katole are looking forward to the opening of their new school with hundreds more children to
84 young Build It trainees have recently taken their National Trades Skills Test. Forty of them have been working on our Community Projects building schools
We’ve got two main projects on the go: Learning Plaza 2 and the new Ablution Block plus a few smaller site works and improvements. Managing
I’m writing this blog from my site office, which means it will get written piecemeal; I definitely spend more timem out and about on site