- The Project
The Project
This project aims to help orphaned and vulnerable children in the Copperbelt Province to get a high-quality education. Teacher-training sessions will be introduced to improve the quality of education being offered; pupils and teachers will be provided with better educational resources; and essential work will take place to improve school buildings and facilities. The project will also encourage parents to get involved in running community schools, and will help people to lobby authorities for increased education budgets.
Project aims
The overall aim is to raise the quality of education by:
- creating a suitable learning environment in schools by improving the classrooms, building new water sources and latrines, and develop school libraries
- improving the quality of teaching in ten schools so that the children have a better chance to learn and develop
- improving the governance of schools by assisting the formation of school management committees
- directly supporting 660 of the most vulnerable school children by providing 500 with learning materials; including paying the school fees for 400 secondary school children; and the exam fees of 160 high school students so that they can complete their schooling
- training teachers on how to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS issues, and providing after-school clubs for young girls
- improving the management and accountability of schools at a district and national level
The Gallery
With this project, Oxfam is working to establish safe water supplies, sanitation facilities, and provide health and hygiene education in the Kaoma and Mongu districts of Zambia’s Western Province. Credit: Su Lycett/Oxfam
Women and children face the greatest hardship from lack of water and sanitation facilities. With clean water easier to fetch, children will have more time to attend school and their health will improve. Credit: Jola Miziniak/Oxfam
Hygiene kits being distributed, Mongu District, Zambia. Credit: Jola Miziniak/Oxfam
Using local materials to construct a latrine. Very few of the rural population have useable latrines, resulting in potentially deadly water-borne diseases being common. This project will provide latrines for communities and schools in the poorest villages, working with local organizations. Credit: Jola Miziniak/Oxfam
A finished latrine Mongu District, Zambia. Credit: Jola Miziniak/Oxfam
Communities will be involved in improving and maintaining their new water supplies and sanitation facilities. By giving women training, roles and responsibilities, they will have greater status in their communities. Credit: Jola Miziniak/Oxfam
