Previously: Light of Hope School is in an impoverished community of around 250 households. Recent crop failure has made rural life very difficult and has seen more families moving into this semi-urban area, situated on the edge of the town of Livingstone. The children urgently needed a local school as they were travelling long distances […]
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 teachers 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 […]
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 […]
Previously: 231 children were enrolled at the community school in Mukuyu, a rural community approximately 70km from Lusaka. The school was built by the local community who were determined to help their children get an education. Several years on the building was crumbling and unsafe, and unable to cope with a growing number of children. […]
Previously: Kamaila School is a Government supported school with 20 teachers and over 1,000 children. Founded in 1978 this busy school has eight classrooms, four of which were recently condemned as unsafe and were due to be demolished. The dynamic head teacher, Mrs Simpande Jolly Luzango, has established a well organised, effective school with motivated […]
Previously: This overcrowded community school for vulnerable children and orphans was evicted from its premises at Dudzai village, 10 miles north of Lusaka. The school had been using a rented building owned by a family living abroad, but had recently been given notice to vacate the property. Thankfully, the community managed to secure a new […]
Previously there was: The school was first opened in 2001 with 230 pupils learning under a tree. The school built 2 new classrooms in 2004. However, there is an urgent need for new classrooms at Bissell which now has over 500 pupils but not enough classrooms to teach them. The school has divided the children […]
Previously… Katole is a poor, isolated rural community, 38km from Lusaka. It is made up of 800 households who often struggle to make ends meet from subsistence farming. The nearest school to Katole was a 6km walk away. Although, the older children were able to make the long journey on foot, the distance was too […]
Linda Community School Linda Community School has been ranked among the best performing schools in Lusaka province for many years despite being one of the poorest compounds in Lusaka. This has been achieved despite limited facilities. “I was asked what the school need and I said, ‘a science lab,’” explains Head Teacher Doreen Nzila. “We […]
Chitukuko is a rural community located about 20km west of Lusaka. It was established in 2015 when 500 families were forced to re-locate by the new owners of the farmland they were squatting on for many years. Chilanga council allocated the families small plots in a barren area known as Malcolm. Establishing a new community […]