Development on our Centre for Excellence continues to be made, as the first cohort of fast track trainees complete their training. Our unique Centre for Excellence, situated just north of Lusaka, has progressed significantly over the last couple of months. Ultimately the complex will act as both a training centre for young unemployed people and… Continue reading The Centre for Excellence gets into action!
The rains are coming to an end which means we’re tantalisingly close to the 2017 build season. There’s a lot of work to do before it gets here though! Project management – got to love a good spreadsheet My work recently has been mostly office based (ie excel based). We’re working up detailed material quantities… Continue reading Deborah’s Blog: Getting Geared Up – April 2017
The World Skills Competition took place in Zambia from 22 – 24 March 2017. The competition is designed to encourage and inspire young people to take up skills training. The skills competition was part of a UNESCO project, with the aim of selecting the best candidate to represent Zambia at an international competition held later… Continue reading Build It trainees enter World Skills Competition
The two volunteer teachers do their best to teach 103 children, some lessons have to be held outside under a nearby tree because the existing and unfinished classroom is not big enough. [divider] You can drag your mouse, or move your phone to look around the 360 video. The building behind the children is the… Continue reading 360 Video: Lesson under a tree at Katole Community School
Well I’ve only been one month out in Zambia with the Build It team but already it feels like home. Boy, have I learnt a lot in the past month though! Firstly, hello and let me introduce myself; I’m Deborah and I’m an engineer. With the support of BuroHappold Engineering, I’m currently working with Build… Continue reading Deborah’s Blog: Getting Stuck In at the Centre for Excellence – March 2017
Matt Duckett reflects on his nine month sabbatical working in Zambia with Build It International and Gensler, part-supported by the Happold Foundation. Through the BuroHappold Share Our Skills (SOS) programme and Happold Foundation sponsorship, a team of engineers from BuroHappold has been working with Build It International and architects Gensler on the design of a… Continue reading My Build It International experience
Build It will work alongside members of the Katole Community to train 20 new builders and construct a new 2 classroom block, teacher’s house and latrine block, safe water and solar lighting. Katole is a poor, isolated rural community, 38km from Lusaka. It is made up of 800 households who struggle to make a living… Continue reading Introducing Katole Community School
All 70 of our most recent trainees have passed their TEVETA bricklaying exams – congratulations to them! The 23 women and 47 men sat their TEVETA bricklaying exam in November 2016 after receiving high quality building skills training from our experienced trainers and practical, real-world work experience whilst constructing new schools for their communities. The… Continue reading 100% pass rate for Build It Trainees in 2016
Timeyo was one of the first people to register interest as a Trainee at the Linda project. Timeyo has a hearing impairment and has found it difficult to find work. His mother came along to the trainee recruitment interview and told Build It: “Timeyo stopped school in grade 4 because there were no school able… Continue reading Linda Trainee Profile: Timeyo
We are delighted to announce that construction work at this project is now complete. After forty-four weeks of construction the three classroom block, teacher’s house, latrine block and water pump will be handed over to the community on the 14th of February. The construction was contracted to two Build It graduates, Emmanual from Kabaka in… Continue reading Construction at Chitukuko now complete
