Thanks to your support, a new three-classroom block at Bissell School is helping more children get the education they deserve. Bissell community is located in Chilanga District, about 20km outside Lusaka. Local people live in mud brick houses and are subsistence farmers, occasionally getting day work from some of the larger farms. Bissell School urgently […]
Thanks to your support, children in the isolated rural community of Katole have celebrated the official opening of their new school. It was fantastic to be part of the celebrations! The original mud block building was very old and had no roof making it impossible for lessons to be held during the rainy season. […]
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 […]
We worked with the local community at Bissell to build a new kitchen with rocket stoves in 2016. In 2017 we are continuing our work at Bissell, training 20 new builders and constructing a new 3 classroom block for this oversubscribed community school on the outskirts of Lusaka.
During 2015 we helped transform the Katuba community by building a 1×2 hexagonal classroom block, a latrine block, teachers’ accommodation and a new water pump. This enabled the school to receive support from the Ministry of Education including trained teachers, learning materials and equipment. The story of Katuba The current school was founded in 2002 because […]
Saving Lives at The Mutaba Health Clinic Previously there were… Community Members desperate for a clinic The community has been trying to establish a clinic since 1997. They were dedicated to making the clinic a reality and has already partially completed a small facility to accommodate visits from a mobile health team. Babies were previously […]
Building Brighter Futures for the Mwala Community In 2014 we built a latrine block for the Mwala community and provided access to clean water. We continued our work at Mwala by building three new classrooms for over 500 children. The previous school was established in 1992 as a response to pupils having to walk 7km […]
Hope in the Chibolya Compound We worked with partner organisation Hope Worldwide Zambia to build a new classroom block, sewing workshop and computer lab for this Community school in Lusaka. The training and construction was completed in 2015. The school was originally built through a joint initiative between the Japanese and Zambian Governments. Hope International […]
Donata Teachers’ House & Latrines We returned to Donata School for the Disabled to build a teachers’ house and Latrine. This project was generously funded by the COINS Foundation. The story of Donata School for the Disabled The Donata School for the Disabled was the only school for 100 miles to provide specialist education for […]