W Y E VA L L E Y Z A M B IA P ROJ E C T
Wh at w e a chi e v e d in 2 0 1 7
Our tiny charity, based in Buckinghamshire, has been very busy. Working with
our partnership schools in Lusaka, Zambia we have been “Making friends and changing
lives through working together”
DECORATING KABWATA CLASSROOMS From
donations by supporters in the UK we transformed 4
classrooms and are currently redecorating another 15.
LIBALA SECONDARY SCHOOL ACHIEVES
MICROSOFT SHOWCASE SCHOOL STATUS Our
challenge in 2017 was to
support our partner school
in their quest to equip a
new ICT Room as part of
their new status. We were
extremely pleased when
RSM UK offered us 50
laptops that were only a year old. We received a donation
which covered the cost of getting them sent out by air
freight so that they arrived in time to be set up. The ICT
Week itself was excellent, visitors from the Ministry of
Education, Headteachers and ICT teachers from all the
secondary schools in Lusaka came to see the new and
exciting programmes that the school can now deliver.
KABWATA PRE-SCHOOL ROOM
There were no windows, very little light
and the walls were painted breeze blocks.
The roof was corrugated iron so it made the
room very dusty and dirty. Thanks to a grant
from the Openwork Foundation we have
turned it into a bright, airy and clean room.
We are so
pleased to see
how it looks
now.
All we need
now is to get
the carpet tiles that were donated by Big Box
UK laid on the floor and the teachers will
have the opportunity to choose the furniture
that they want for the children. The room
will be named
the ‘Daniel
Kabwela Jnr
Pre School
Room’ in
memory of
the son of one
of our Zambian Trustees who was tragically
killed just before his second birthday.
CHILENJE SPECIAL NEEDS LIFESKILLS ROOM Due to the wide
age range of the children we have been able to set up a second room as a
Lifeskills Room for the older students to learn how to cook, do washing and
learn other skills to enable them to become independent.
By March 2017 this room had been transformed with thanks again to the
Openwork Foundation grant.
Thank you also to the ladies for knitting the warm jumpers and Flackwell Heath Minors Football Club
for collecting football boots. These will be taken out with us in March of this year.
As we say – making friends and changing lives through working together. Let’s see what 2018 brings.
Registered charity number 1167638
www.thezambiaproject.co.uk
The Wye Valley
Zambia Project
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