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Oxfam in Zambia

Members of the Society for Family Health Drama Group perform a story about HIV and AIDS. Oxfam supports programmes to raise awareness on HIV prevention as well as providing treatment and care to those affected with the virus. Photo: Ruth Thompson

What we're doing

Oxfam has been active in Zambia since the early 1980s. With 64% of people living below the poverty line, it's one of the world's poorest countries, and despite a growing economy, the country has one of the highest levels of inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa.  Our work here aims to help people make a fair living, gain an education and increase their awareness about HIV and AIDS. We also promote women's rights, deliver improved access to water and sanitation, and help communities cope with the impact of natural disasters. Our goal is to ensure everyone here benefits from a prosperous Zambia.

Full details of what Oxfam is doing in Zambia (PDF, 537KB)

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In 2010-11 Oxfam helped:

200,000
people in
Zambia

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Snapshot of Oxfam in Zambia

Photo 1/10 photo by: Eddy Lambert

Pupils at Kalindi Community School pay close attention to their textbooks. Oxfam runs education projects with local partner ZEDAO in Zambia's Copperbelt region to provide teacher training and fund basic improvements in schools such as upgrading buildings and adding toilets.

  • Pupils at Kalindi Community School pay close attention to their textbooks. Oxfam runs education projects with local partner ZEDAO in Zambia's Copperbelt region to provide teacher training and fund basic improvements in schools such as upgrading buildings and adding toilets.
  • We also support afterschool clubs like this one at Chibolya Basic School. Here, Oxfam has provided a sewing machine for students to learn tailoring skills on. These skills will help them once they graduate from school, while the pieces that they make are sold to generate additional income for the school.
  • Helping people find sustainable ways of making a living is another important element of Oxfam's work in Zambia. Here, Roda Zyambu proudly shows off her community's maize crop grown with seeds provided by Oxfam. As well as supplying seeds and tools, we also provide training to rural farmers to help them increase the amounts they can grow.
  • In Makowpe, Oxfam worked with the community to construct three fishponds. Each pond holds 180kg of fish which is harvested twice a year. "Before we started fish farming we had lots of problems," explains Bibian Chilao. "Now we have fish in our food basket and we can sell fish in [nearby] Kitwe."

The impact of our work

 We are happy to have this borehole and handpump [funded by Oxfam]. Before we used to get water from a shallow well and many people got sick.


Jennifer Hamuzeyma, village chairwoman