Improving Access To Quality Education
Access To Quality Education Can Play A Critical Role In Addressing Poverty
Zambia’s country sustainable development goals progress report cites a lack of education by household head as one the largest contributor to poverty. With a Human Capital Index (HCI) of 0.4, Zambia is amongst the 30 countries with the lowest Human capital. At age 18, children will acquire only 5.2 years of learning despite completing 9.2 years of education. In an effort to help vulnerable children step out of generational poverty, our education development programs focuses on improving the quality of education in poorly funded community schools. Unlike publicly funded schools, community schools rely on contributions from mostly poor communities. The school’s quality of education is undermined by poor classroom infrastructure, very high teacher-student ratio, limited or no textbooks and lack of sufficiently qualified teachers. Most of the schools we support are in the rural parts of the country where 23 percent of school aged children are out of school while 60 percent of children are deprived in three or more dimensions simultaneously.
23 Percent Of School Aged Children In The Rural Parts Of Zambia Are Out Of School
Our Approach
Book Fund
Making Books More Accessible
The quality of learning in community schools is hampered by an acute shortage of books. Sadly, children often have to learn without textbooks or have to share a few books among many learners. Because we believe in the transformative power of books, we are committed to making books freely accessible to the most vulnerable children through the establishment of libraries in poorly funded community schools. Through the support of our partners we are helping improve the quality of education and literacy levels. Our beneficiary libraries are mostly funded by our partners kind donations which include new and used books, library furniture and other infrastructure among others.
Partner With Us Today And Help Us Educate A Child. It Begins With One Book!
Build A Classroom
The Classroom Is A Place Where Children Can Learn And Dream Of A Better Future
Our work involves building and rehabilitating poor classroom infrastructure to help improve the learning environment and increase school attendance for many vulnerable children. Sadly, children in most of the community schools we support have to learn in makeshift or incomplete classroom buildings with limited desks and in some cases, children have to sit on the floor to learn. We believe that no child should be subjected to such learning conditions, through Build A Classroom program we work with partners to rehabilitate classroom infrastructure to create a better learning environment and increase access to quality education for many vulnerable children.
WASH
Water Sanitation And Hygiene
By supporting access to clean water, sanitation facilities and improving hygiene practices we ensure that children are protected from waterborne diseases so they can stay healthy and in school. Most of our target beneficiary schools rely on boreholes to access clean water and usually rely on hand pumps while sanitation facilities are generally in a poor state. Through our work we also improve menstrual hygiene management in community schools in order to help keep girls in school and avert early marriages.
Through Our Work We Are Helping Keep Girls In School And Averting Early Marriages
