Previously there was: The previous school was established in 1992 as a response to pupils having to walk 7km to get to the nearest government school. The school had an existing 1×3 classroom block and one temporary UNICEF tent. The school is located in Kapiri District, Central Province, Zambia. What we did with your support:… Continue reading Mwala Community School, Phase 1&2
Previously there was: Hope is located in Kanyama, Lusaka, Zambia The school was originally built through a joint initiative between the Japanese and Zambian Governments. Hope International Zambia has been working with the school since 2009 and now teaches over 500 pupils. In 2015 Build It provided construction skills training to 20 men and women… Continue reading Hope Community School, 2015
Previously there was: In 2012, Build It International built a rammed earth classroom block in Shipungu, Kapiri. With your support: In 2014 we built a teachers’ house and a latrine at Shipungu, training 11 men and women from the community with basic building skills. 11 trainees were trained basic building skills and bricklaying whilst building the… Continue reading Shipungu Teachers’ House and Latrine, 2014
Previously there was: The Lupuka Community School was founded by local subsistence farming families in 1991. It consisted of two temporary classrooms constructed in 2010 from sticks and mud bricks – with heavy rains having damaged the walls and roof. The school previously had 85 girls and 65 boys enrolled and taught up to grade… Continue reading Lupuka Community School, 2014
Previously: Chibolya is a community located in Mazabuka, Southern Province, there is only one other primary school in the area, serving a population of 10,000. We first worked in Chibolya in 2011, completing a new two-classroom primary school building as well as a nursery building. Having expanded, the school then needed a new classroom block.… Continue reading Chibolya Community School Phase 2, 2014
Kabaka Community School 2014 Kabaka Community School is in a rural community 25km west of Kapiri Mposhi in central Zambia. The school previously used an unfinished health clinic and makeshift classrooms of sticks and grass. The quality of education was poor with many parents preferring their children to work in the fields instead of… Continue reading Kabaka Community School, 2013
Previously there was: Kawama is a poor, high-density urban compound on the edge of Ndola, a mining town on the Zambian Copperbelt. Most people work in the informal sector and there were no secondary schools serving the 7,000 residents. Children account for 75% of the population and over 20% are orphaned. Education is undoubtedly essential… Continue reading Kawama Secondary School Phase 1 & 2
The Kaoma training centre was built in Western Province, Zambia. It is a multi purpose centre, which hosts activities including leadership skills workshops, as well as providing valuable extra learning space for the local orphanage. Built with hydraform bricks and heat reflecting Parry Roof tiles, we have continued using our sustainable building techniques to great… Continue reading Kaoma Training Centre, 2012
Previously there was: Shipungu Community School was started by the local community over 10 years ago as there was no other school in the immediate area. The Shipungu area is named after the river which flows through the area which includes two villages, Sokoni and Juda.  There are about 800 children in the Shipungu area; almost… Continue reading Shipungu Community School, 2012
Previously there was: Many people in the Nchute area of Zambia had to walk 8 hours to get to their closest health clinic. Health facilities are limited in Zambia, where a staggering 48 newborns and 8 women die during childbirth every day. With your support: Build It worked with the local community in Nchute and… Continue reading Chansu Health Clinic, 2011
