Education is a human right and key to unlocking endless opportunities but many young people are denied access to even basic schooling or skills training. 24 January marks the UN International Day of Education. We are proud that the work we are doing is contributing to improving access to education in Zambia; it is at […]
Training at our Centre for Excellence is drawing to a close for 2018. It’s been an amazing year with so much to celebrate; lots of hard-work and determination from our young trainees as they learn practical skills to enable them to earn a living and provide for their families. In 2018 we trained over 160 […]
Great progress has been made at Kamaila Community School and the walls of the new classroom block have gone up. The trainees have been learning about the installation of doors and windows, and key safety issues around working at height. Health and Safety is a very important area for us; unfortunately it is often seriously […]
The trainees working on the Multi-functional Hall at our Centre for Excellence have made fantastic progress which is great news as the start of the rainy season closes in. Our Centre for Excellence is situated on a two hectare site next to the Great North Road on the northern edge of Lusaka. When completed the […]
We caught up with Sara, our Assistant Project Manager at our Centre for Excellence, to see how she has been getting on since she arrived in Zambia… “A month has gone already! Where did that go? I remember landing in Lusaka after the 16-hour journey, my heart was beating fast in my chest. It was […]
‘Machaya’ translates to ‘fighting’ and fighting for the right to education is exactly what the local community is doing following eviction from the current school at Dudzai village, 10 miles north of Lusaka. The overcrowded school used to house over 320 vulnerable children and orphans. Thankfully, the community have managed to secure a plot of […]
We are excited to report that construction of the new classrooms at Kamaila School has started thanks to the support of our corporate partners BGL. The Government supported school was founded in 1978 and has 20 teachers and over 1,000 children. There are just eight classrooms, four of which have been condemned as unsafe. This […]
Zambia needs thousands of new classrooms. However as well as building classrooms, we also build accommodation for teachers at many of our school projects. This is essential in attracting teachers who are trained and qualified to more rural communities, helping to give local children a higher standard of education. We have met a number of […]
Sara Moslemi Zadeh from BuroHappold Engineering is following in her colleagues’ footsteps as she heads out to Zambia to volunteer as Build It Assistant Project Manager at the Centre for Excellence. We caught up with Sara before she sets out… “When I was a child, I would watch the news and see children around the world […]
The urgent need for new schools and classrooms in Zambia means that there is always an overwhelming number of communities needing support. We liaise with the Zambian district education authority to get a shortlist of schools which urgently need upgrading. It is a delicate process not to raise expectations and usually takes at least 12 […]