Who we are
We are a small group of volunteers from different countries and backgrounds, who have been in close contact with child education in Zambia from various perspectives (volunteering, professional activities, fund raising etc) for a number of years. The common denominator we have is our singular passion to give children a chance and a right to Education.
Since we arrived in Zambia we have repeatedly encountered many number of children out of school, both in Primary and Secondary cycle, mainly for economic reasons. The estimated number of children out of school in Zambia is 800,000, as recently estimated by FAWE (http://zambia24.com/news/2017/08/23/89-million-african-children-are-out-of-school-fawe/).
We believe that the Right to Education is a basic and universal human right, and that no child should ever be prevented from access to it. We know that Zambian Government is undertaking commendable initiatives in this regard, some of them with the financial support of international donors and under the auspices of UN initiatives but we are hoping to locate those children that fall through the gap.
Our medium-term objective is to expand our Sponsorship Scheme first to other low income compounds in Lusaka, then to other areas of Zambia where there are high incidences of out of school children. All our work is done pro bono, so that all proceeds go directly towards the targeted children.
Our long-term dream is that we will not be needed anymore and that the children of today are able to build a country where every child, boy or girl, wakes up every morning to join a school class with books under his/her arm and aspire to realise their dreams, whatever they may be.