The Zambia Project: Aid for rural Zambian bush schools
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Hi, my name is Ander, and I'm a student at the European School of Brussels 1. Since 2001, my school has run our so-called "Zambia Project," a school-wide humanitarian project.
This project is an education-oriented micro-project helping a school district in The Western Province of Zambia, which is the poorest located in the remote bush, following the guidelines of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The Zambia Project helps:
- 3 Main Schools (Sankandi, Kabula and Nakabunze Basic Schools)
- 1 High School (Sioma High School)
- 1 Special Needs School (Senanga).
The Zambia Project is part of the Zambezi Educational and Environmental Camps (ZEEC), a Zambian non-profit organization.
The goal is to raise money to develop a variety of local microprojects aiming at improving educational and sanitation conditions, (i.e. building classrooms, teachers’ housing, bringing teaching material, etc.). These micro-projects are dedicated to help this poorest region of Zambia improve its situation according to the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
What has been achieved so far by the Zambia Project?
Over the past 15 years, the Zambia Project has sponsored many other projects in different areas:
- In Sankandi Basic School:
4 teachers’ houses built to accommodate appointed teachers
1 house built to accommodate the medical officer and his family appointed to the bush clinic located on school grounds
Electricity for the bush clinic
Running water, toilets and showers for the bush clinic
A computer room enabling the school to be in compliance with the new Zambian curriculum, which now includes computer sciences
Computers for the IT room
Chairs and desks for the classrooms
School books for the curriculum
Children’s book for the library
Teaching material
An extension of the maternity ward
A shelter for expecting mothers and their young children
- In Kabula Basic School:
Tin roof for the 2-classroom building
Window and door frames, doors and windows for the 2-classroom building
Chairs and desks for the classrooms
School books for the curriculum
Children’s book for the library
Teaching material
- In Nakabunze Basic School:
A computer room enabling the school to be in compliance with the new Zambian curriculum, which now includes computer sciences
Computers for the IT room
Solar panels to power the computer room
A new 2-classroom building
New boards for a 2-classroom building
Chairs and desks for the classrooms
School books for the curriculum
Children’s book for the library
Teaching material
- In Sioma High School:
A refurbished dorm for girls (new tin roof, window and door frames, doors and windows, bed frames)
Mattresses for girls and boys dorms
A container to hold the power cells/batteries of the solar farm
A pump connected to the solar farm enabling functioning showers
School books for the curriculum
Books for the library
Teaching material
Atlases for the Geography Department
Maths tools for the Maths Department
Computers for the Lab
Chemicals and microscopes for the Chemistry Department
Instruments for the Music Department
Sponsoring for vulnerable students
Organiser
Ander Jolliffe
Organiser
Uccle, BRU