06/08/2026
SAVE THE CHILDREN INVESTS ZMW 390,200 IN POULTRY TRAINING AND STARTER PACKS FOR 30 PETAUKE ADOLESCENTS
Thirty adolescents, 15 girls and 15 boys, have graduated in poultry management under the Save the Children implemented Children's Future Programme following a K390,200 investment in poultry training and starter packs. The graduates received practical business and poultry management skills, 50 broiler chickens each, and enough feed to raise the birds to market readiness, equipping them with the tools to establish sustainable poultry businesses in Petauke District, Eastern Province.
Speaking as Guest of Honour, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Eastern Province Mr. Lewis Mwape commended Save the Children for complementing Government efforts to empower young people through skills development. He said the initiative would help adolescents build sustainable livelihoods and encourage more youth to venture into livestock farming.
"This investment will help the adolescents a great deal and should motivate the graduands to go further into livestock farming. Initiatives like this complement Government's efforts to help young people become self reliant," he said.
And Ms. Chilobe Muloba Kambikambi, Save the Children International Country Director said the graduation represented more than acquiring poultry management skills. "It is about building confidence, entrepreneurship, financial literacy and practical skills that will enable these young people to earn a living, support their families and contribute to Zambia's economic development," she said, adding that the starter packs would help graduates launch sustainable businesses.
His Royal Highness Chief Mumbi thanked Save the Children and the Government for investing in young people, urging the graduates to make the most of the opportunity. "Hold this opportunity with both hands and make sure it works. Involve us as traditional leaders so that these businesses benefit not only yourselves but also the development of our chiefdoms," he said.
Meanwhile, the graduates have expressed gratitude for the training and start-up support, pledging to establish businesses, improve their livelihoods, return to school where needed, and share the skills they had acquired with other young people in their communities.
The graduation forms part of the Children's Future Programme, which supports vulnerable adolescents in the chiefdoms of Kalindawalo, Mumbi and Mwanjawathu by expanding access to education, protection and economic opportunities.
