Help Provide Education to 300 Children in Need

Charity Centre for Children and Youth Development has continued to provide education to orphans and vulnerable children in Solwezi District of Zambia. As at 30th July 2022, the organization had enrolled over 400 orphans and vulnerable children at Fortune School of Exellence owned by the organization. We have also provided virtual mentorship to over 100 children. The organization under the period under review, partnered with Beautifiul World Canada for the purpose of providing post secondary scholarship to vulnerable girls. So far, 11 girls have been sponsored pursues different program at various colleges. The objective of the project is to increase access to higher education for vulnerable girls in North-western Province of Zambia. In 2022, the organization has sponsored 11 girls at the following colleges:

1. Solwezi college of Nursing and Midwifery, Solwezi District – 3 Students
2. Solwezi College of Education, Solwezi District - 3 students
3. Solwezi Trades Training Institute, Solwezi District – 2 students
4. Mukinge College of Nursing, Kasempa District – 1 student
5. Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka – 1 student
6. Natural Recourses Development College (NRDC), Lusaka – 1 student

The organization also received a small grant to upgrade the  existing hand pump to submersible pump with aim to have running water at the school. 

Together we can reduce illiteracy in the community. 

Charity Centre for Children and Youth Development has continued to provide primary education support to orphans and vulnerable children in Humphrey Mulemba and other surrounding areas of Solwezi District. In 2021, Fortune School of Excellence recorded a total enrolment of 306 children from Grade one to seven. The school recorded good performance for grade sevens as the majority scored 600 and above marks.

In 2022 term one, the school enrolment stands at 386 pupils from Grade one to Seven.

CCCYD has also continued to offer virtual learning programs in partnership with Village Book Builders which is based in the USA to supplement and enhance access to free virtual mentorship which has so far improved the academic performance of all the pupils participating in the program

CCCYD, working in partnership with Deutsche Sparkassenstiftung für internationale Kooperation e.V. German Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation  (DSIK), had in 2021 trained over 235  small scale farmers  and micro entrepreneurs using a Business Simulation Game. The significance of this is that it is helping to improve the financial literacy education among small scale farmers and micro entrepreneurs.