Education
'Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family' (Kofi Annan)

Our aim is to improve educational standards in Chitungulu's primary schools, notably the two primary schools
Chocha and Chilubezi (approx. 230 pupils each), which have originally been founded and run by the local community.
In addition, we sponsor secondary school students and offer vocational training opportunities to (young) adults.
We strive to reach our goals in the following ways:

Infrastructure Primary Schools

Aim:  to create a pleasant and inspiring learning environment for the two community schools Chocha and Chilubezi

Results
  • New 1x3 classroom block for Chilubezi (2017)
  • Renovation old classroom block Chilubezi (2017)
  • School library for Chilubezi (2017)
  • Completion of new 1x3 classroom block for Chocha (2017/2018)
  • Solar lights for classrooms for Chocha and Chilubezi (2017)
  • Planting of trees on the school grounds of Chocha and Chilubezi (2016/2017)
  • Setting up of two school organic vegetable gardens (Chocha and Chilubezi, 2017)
  • Drilling of two boreholes on the school grounds of Chocha and Chilubezi (2015/2016)
  • Completion of new 1x3 classroom block for Chocha  (2017/2018)
  • Building project two pre-school nursery classrooms for toddlers at Chocha and Chilubezi (2018)
  • Building of a Teachers House for Chilubezi (2019)
  • Renovation roof of the old school building of Chilubezi (2020)
  • Building of 3 x 2 VIP pit latrines in the school grounds of Chilubezi (2020)
  • Building of 1 x 2 VIP pit latrines in the school grounds of Chocha (2020)
  • Building of 1 VIP pit latrine and 1 bathroom for Teachers House at Chilubezi (2020)

    All school buildings, teachers houses, toilets and bathroom have been built with locally-made concrete blocks instead of bricks in order to save on trees.
This project is closed following the handing over of the two community schools to the Zambian Ministry of Education in 2020 and 2021. Funds for education are used for vocational training sponsorships.

Teacher Training

Aim:  to uplift teaching standards at Chocha and Chilubezi Community Schools through the sponsoring of a three years' Teacher Training course for eligible volunteer-teachers at Chocha and Chilubezi

Results
  • Two teachers (Chocha and Chilubezi) graduated in 2017
  • Two teachers (Chocha and Chilubezi) graduated in 2019
  • Two teachers (Chocha and Chilubezi) finished their training in 2021 and graduated in 2022
  • Assistance graduation ceremony two teachers (2022)
This project is closed following the handing over of the two community schools to the Zambian Ministry of Education in 2020 and 2021.

Teaching Aids Primary Schools

Aim:  annual provision of teaching aids and sports and game equipment

Results
  • Provision of teaching aids since 2012 (textbooks, stationery, paper, chalk, waterpaint)
  • Provision of 40 dictionaries Chinyanja-English / English-Chinyanja per school (2014)
    (also provided to four other government primary schools in Chitungulu, each 40 dictionaries,
    and 60 dictionaries to Lumimba Secondary School)
  • Provision of English textbooks and novels for Chocha and Chiluebezi (2015)
  • Soccer balls (One World Futbol) for Chocha and Chilubezi, and two government schools (2016)
  • Introduction e-learning with solar-powered iSchool Zedupad tablets for Chilubezi (2017)
  • Volleyball nets and soccer sportswear for Chocha and Chilubezi (2017)
  • Provision of various board games, such as scrabble and draughts (2019)
  • Provision of daily school lunches for Chilubezi Community School (2020-)
This project is closed following the handing over of the two community schools to the Zambian Ministry of Education in 2020 and 2021. Funds for education are used for vocational training sponsorships. Extracurricular educational activities for primary school children take place at the Chitungulu Conservation Centre.

Promotion girls education

Aim:  to reduce the high incidence of school drop-out among girls.
(In this project we work together with the Zambian nonprofit Project Luangwa, Mfuwe).

Results
  • Establishing a dialogue with the performers of local initiation rites for girls (together with the Gender Support Manager of Project Luangwa (Mfuwe)
  • Provision of re-usable sanitary pads for the higher groups of Chocha/Chilubezi (since 2016)
  • Launch of girls soccer teams and soccer matches for girls (since 2016)
As from 2023
  • Continuation of support to girls and boys soccer teams

Sponsorship program secondary school students

Aim:  sponsorship of high school students at Lumimba Secondary, Chitungulu, consisting of school fees, costs of uniform and shoes, and text books

Results
  • Annual sponsorship of secondary school students since 2014
  • 24 secondary school students were sponsored in 2021: 11 girls and 13 boys
This project is closed as secondary school education has become free of charge in Zambia. As from 2021, funds for education are used for vocational training sponsorships. 

Vocational training

Aim:  to enable young adults to learn job skills. Most of the students  are selected through our annual conservation training program.

Results
  • Three ladies completed a one year tailoring course (2018-2020)
  • Three students completed a six months' computer skills course (2019)
  • One student completed a two years' metalworking course (2019-2020)
  • Three students completed a one years' automotive mechanics training (2019)
  • One student completed a one year training in food production/chef (2021)
  • Two students completed a two years' automotive mechanics course (2021-2022)
  • Three students completed two years' training in general agriculture (2021-2022)
  • One student completed a one year training in food production/chef (2022)
  • One student completed a university diploma Clinical Medical Sciences (2020-2023)
  • Five students are training in automotive mechanics and general agriculture (2022-2023)
  • One student field guiding level 1, completed  (2022-2023)
  • Six ladies are taking a one years' tailoring course (2023)
  • Second student Clinical Medical Sciences (2023-2025)
  • Three university students (2024)
    (MBchB (1), BSc Business and Project Management (1), BSc Sustainable Natural Resources Management (1)
  • Three field guides (safari guides, level 1 and 2) (2024)
  • One student vocational training  (2024)
    (General Agriculture)
  • Two students vocational training (2025)
    (General Agriculture and tailoring)

    Two young ladies with hearing disabilities completed a tailoring course.