100% pass rate for Build It Trainees in 2016

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

Construction at Chitukuko now complete

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

Life Skills Training

Build It International has introduced a new ‘Life Skills’ module to its Training into Work programme. A total of 59 trainees from three projects took part in the life skills course earlier this month. The new course is designed to help trainees to develop self-confidence, better decision making and communication skills. These new skills will… Continue reading Life Skills Training

Trainees begin bricklaying at at Chitukuko

Working hard since July, the trainees have begun to lay the walls of the new school. Build It International is building a new school and providing building skills training to twenty people from the local area who will build the new school, teacher’s house and sanitation block. It is our hope that the new primary… Continue reading Trainees begin bricklaying at at Chitukuko

Construction and training underway at Chitukuko Community School

Twenty trainees have been selected and are digging the excavations of a new three classroom block, teachers house and latrine. Chitukuko is a new community of about 3,000 people, located about 20km west of Lusaka. It was established by the forced relocation of over 500 families when the land they previously occupied was sold. There… Continue reading Construction and training underway at Chitukuko Community School

Introducing Chitukuko Community School

We are working with a community of displaced people at Chitukuko to help them build a new school. Chitukuko is a new community of about 3,000 people, 20km west of Zambia’s capital, Lusaka. Over 500 families have been forced to relocate from their homes because the land where they lived had been sold to a… Continue reading Introducing Chitukuko Community School