Miswa Central Primary School, situated 66km north of Zambia’s capital Lusaka, was founded in 2016 through the determination of the local community. But the children have been learning in makeshift classrooms, housed in old structures on borrowed land. The owner of this land has not allowed the school to take forward any developments or construction… Continue reading Miswa Primary School, 2025 – 2026
Education is the foundation of a brighter future, yet for many children in rural Zambia access to quality learning remains a challenge. Malundu Community School provides essential education to children across five villages in Chisamba District in the Central Province of Zambia. Around 2,000 people live in these communities, with children and young people making… Continue reading Malundu Community School, 2025 – 2026
We are delighted to celebrate the completion of the new Maternity and Child Health Unit. This life-changing facility at Chisamba Rural Health Centre will help provide safer births, better healthcare, and brighter futures for mothers, babies, and the entire community. Chisamba District is situated in the Central Province of Zambia, and is home to around… Continue reading Maternity & Infant Health unit at Chisamba Rural Health Centre, 2024 – 2025
Mwachisompola is a well organised, rural settlement just north of Lusaka. The people from this community are committed to finding a way to ensure their children have an education. The school was set up in 2004 as a community school, and upgraded in 2012 to a Government school. With very little support, but plenty of determination,… Continue reading Mwachisompola Primary School, 2023 – 2024
Your generous support is bringing positive change to the community living around Libuyu Health Centre, Livingstone. As well as a new Maternity and Child Health wing, we have completed an extensive redevelopment of the existing clinic building. This will help improve healthcare services available to the wider community. Previously: The existing building was not designed… Continue reading Redevelopment of Libuyu Health Centre, 2022 – 2023
Previously: Zambezi Sawmills Community School is situated on the edge of the town of Livingstone, in the southern province of Zambia. It is at the heart of a dense, peri-urban area. With a local population of over 23,000, most households are economically vulnerable and living under the poverty line. It is a thriving school, but… Continue reading Zambezi Sawmills Community School, 2022 – 2023
Skilled care before, during and after childbirth can save the lives of women and new-born babies. We wanted to improve services for women living around Libuyu Health Centre. The centre is situated in a heavily populated community in Livingstone and serves an urban population of over 20,000 people. Life is difficult for many people across… Continue reading Maternity and Child Health Unit at Libuyu Health Centre, 2021 – 2022
Previously: Light of Hope School is in community of around 250 households, situated on the edge of the town of Livingstone. Recent crop failures have made rural life very difficult, and has seen more families moving into this semi-urban area. The children urgently needed a local school as they were travelling long distances to Nyanzabili… Continue reading Light of Hope Community School, 2020 – 2021
Previously: Build It was first involved with Chitukuko School, Chilanga District in 2016. Your support meant we could build a desperately needed 3-classroom school, latrine block and teacher’s house for this community who had been recently displaced when their land was sold. The community were slowing rebuilding their homes and their lives on on a sparse… Continue reading Chitukuko Community School Phase 2, 2019
Previously: 311 vulnerable children were being taught in this overcrowded community school in Chibombo district; a peri-urban area north of the capital Lusaka. The school was struggling to cope with only one classroom and several old, makeshift forestry offices. The number of pupils was growing rapidly, with children taught in shifts in cramped and unsuitable… Continue reading Naluyanda Community School, 2019
