16 April 2020. With a fragile and very limited healthcare system, there is serious concern that COVID-19 could have a catastrophic impact on lives in Zambia. With COVID-19 particularly impacting on the elderly, Zambia’s young population may reduce fatalities, but factors like malnutrition and weakened immune systems due to high prevalence of HIV could make… Continue reading Zambia and COVID-19
15 April 2020. Training at our Centre for Excellence in Lusaka was put on hold from Friday 20 March 2020, in line with the Government directive for educational institutions. We are keeping in contact with the 60 trainees learning through the centre and look forward to welcoming them back as soon as possible. It means… Continue reading Training paused at the Centre for Excellence
We are delighted that Kamaila School is now fully electrified, with all the buildings wired and connected. Kamaila School is a large Government supported school with 20 teachers and over 1,000 children. Generous support from our corporate partner BGL Group meant that in 2018 / 2019 we built a three-classroom block and more latrines for… Continue reading Electricity means brighter futures for children at Kamaila School
27 March 2020. Message from Build It International Chief Executive Andrew Jowett: In these unprecedented and challenging times, I’d like to bring you up to date with how Build It is responding to the disruption and uncertainty. Courage and collaboration are the Build It values coming to the fore at the moment and I am… Continue reading COVID-19: Our response
In 2016 your support meant we could help the community of Chitukuko to establish a new school for over 500 families displaced when ownership of farmland changed hands. They managed to obtain plots of land on a desolate site on the edge of Lusaka where they started to rebuild their homes and their lives. The… Continue reading More support for the children at Chitukuko
Meet Elizabeth Bwalya Elizabeth is 24 years old. After the death of her father, Elizabeth’s mother raised her and her nine older siblings single-handedly, often struggling to meet daily needs. Elizabeth’s mother sadly died in 2018. Elizabeth joined our entry-level Painting course in spring 2019. Elizabeth thought that acquiring a new skill would help her… Continue reading Empowering Elizabeth
International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also marks a call to accelerate gender equality. Gender equality is essential for economies and communities to thrive. An equal world is an enabled world; a world that can be healthier, wealthier and more harmonious. Together,… Continue reading International Women’s Day 2020 #EachForEqual
We are excited to share the news that building work at Mukuyu Community School is finished! The construction of the trusses and timber roof structure was completed well before the start of the rainy reason. With the roof laid, work progressed to filling around the beams and work on the air vents. Doors and windows… Continue reading All finished at Mukuyu
We want to build a future where more young people have the opportunity to learn, giving them the education and skills they need to work and thrive. Our 2020 training calendar has started with 23 young people recruited for our first entry-level Brick and Blocking laying course. 17 men and 6 women will spend the… Continue reading 2020 training begins
Vulnerable young people can turn to crime when they have no prospects, no hope for the future. The Rise Again Project aims to support juveniles in conflict with the law to successfully reintegrate back into society through skills training, counselling and wellness interventions. Working with our partner human rights organisation Undikumbukire Project Zambia (UP), we… Continue reading Rise Again
