Category Archives: Kamwi School Upgrade

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Development in Schools

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This past few months has seen further development in a number of schools in the Mukuni, Nyawa and Sekute Chiefdoms. New classrooms, teacher’s houses, latrines, a bore hole and school shop have all been constructed thanks to generous funding from a variety of donors.

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NEW CLASSROOM S FOR N’DELE PRIMARY SCHOOL

N’dele Primary School has a new 1×2 classroom block and latrines thanks to generous grant aid from the British and Foreign School Society. World Challenge volunteers from Tring School recently camped at Kamwi School where they helped to construct a school shop, painted classrooms and gave further donations to restore a teacher’s house and build a feeding programme shelter.

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JOAC COMMUNITY WORKS PROJECT VOLUNTEERS – N’GANDU SCHOOL

Group of volunteers from JOAC Community Works Project are currently working at N’gandu School where a 1×3 classroom block, two teacher’s houses and latrines are being built. Their substantial grant has brought much needed development to N’gandu School, which was built in 1947. N’dele, Kamwi and N’gandu Schools are all in the Mukuni Chiefdom.

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WORLD CHALLENGE VOLUNTEERS FROM TRING SCHOOL – KAMWI VILLAG

Further funding from ATD has paid for the construction of a 1×2 classroom block and latrines at Singwamba, their donation also includes latrines for Kauwe School. These schools are both in the Nyawa Chiefdom where we have also advanced Muchambile and Nampuyani Schools. A bore hole donated by Cayman Island’s Sunrise Rotary Club, Churches of Abbots Leigh and Abbots Wood, Nick Bousliman and other donors has given Bunsunga school children a chance to taste fresh water for the first time.

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BORE HOLE FOR BUNSUNGA PRIMARY SCHOOL

River View School, in the Sekute Chiefdom, has received support to complete their pre-school. With over 1,000 pupils, the school is continues to enrol more children due to the recently developed town of Kazungula. Donations from St.Paul’s School, Wigan and individuals have been used to buy the new syllabus text books for this school as well as Muchambile and Kamwi. Inner Wheel Club District 6 knitted beautiful blankets, jumpers and hats for the pupils.

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NEW JUMPERS AND HATS FOR RIVER VIEW ORPHANS

Zambia has some of the highest poverty levels in the world. It is essential for these orphaned and vulnerable children to receive a sound education.

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Development for Kamwi

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Seeing the heartbreaking pictures coming out of Haiti confirms the importance of international aid work and the need for our support in developing countries. Life is a struggle on a daily basis but when something as catastrophic as an earthquake hits your community where do you turn for help? These people have not only lost everything but have little hope for the future. There is no social welfare or National Health Service and with the inevitable outbreaks of disease, shortages of water and food supplies life becomes unbearable for the survivors.

Working in a country such as Zambia I have seen devastating loss and I know how vital aid work is. However it is essential that the funding and supplies are administered through the correct channels, ensuring that it does not get into the wrong hands. Being registered as a charity in Zambia as well as the UK has given The Butterfly Tree the opportunity to have a reliable and trustworthy team on the ground. They are able to initiate and oversee all our projects giving us regular reports and asking advice when needed.

One of the biggest projects we will be tackling in the next couple of months is the development of Kamwi Basic School, which currently has an intake of 130 pupils. Kamwi is in a particularly poor area of Mukuni with virtually no employment for the people. The older children currently have to walk up to six miles to Mukuni Basic School, hence the addition of a 1×3 classroom block and a teacher’s house the school will be advanced to grades five, six and seven. Four pit-latrine toilets will also be built, this project is being funded by a grant from JOAC.

Twins from Kamwi Basic School

At present the pupils and teachers have to share the community bore hole, a twenty minute walk from the school; shortly they will have a new well thanks to a donation from Just a Drop. The school is now being run by Sylvia Mulenga, wife of Presley Mulenga, Head Teacher of Mukuni Basic School and we have every confidence that the development of Kamwi Basic School will give these children hope for a brighter future.