Bringing vulnerable children back into education and away from child labour, child marriage and a life on the streets.
Working Together
Working with communities across Zambia to bring about change to ensure a brighter future for our vulnerable children
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The Livingstone Initiative teamed up with The Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University UK and paid for one of their experts, Dr Jonas Wiza Ng'ambi, to travel up to Chama with Father Katete to undertake a study on the feasibility of setting up a possible aquaculture project to help the long-term sustainability of the new school. This was invaluable and told us that fish farming in Chama would not be viable, even though it is also a major rice-growing reagion. The ACP and our partners, The Livingstone Initiative, passionately believe that such collaborations are vitally important to all that we are doing and that detailed research is undertaken before any work begins or funding spent. This helps us ensure that all aid and donations that we receive will show positive long-term benefits and successful results.
The Livingstone Initiative has been partnering with us for 10 years, especially in respect to The Chama Project. They have been working on PR, Marketing, and Development, building partnerships and creating international collaborations, raising funds, encouraging groups of volunteers to come out and work on The Chama Project, and by encouraging us to engage the Zambian community to ensure lasting and long-term sustainability for our projects.
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The Headmistress of St Mary's Calne, said "they didn't just want to fundraise, but to bring a group of senior girls out to Chama to help build the new school". This they did in the October heat in 2014. They were the first muzungus (white people) the villagers had ever seen and they worked so hard that by the time they left, they had completed the first building up to roof level and an ablution block. They had also had huge fun getting to know and understand the local culture and learn more about a way of life so completely different from their own. It was a hugely successful visit.
'Street kids' deserve a chance...
We want them to be able to smile again!