Education Zambia Project #3969

Orphan Education Support - Zambian Villages

by The Butterfly Tree

Orphan Education Support - Zambian Villages

Project Report | Mar 8, 2023
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2023

By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder

The Butterfly Tree Orphan Support Programme

The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 - ‘Embrace Equity.’

Today we are celebrating all the girls who have been sponsored by The Butterfly Tree and rose to the challenge. Hundreds of young women have completed high school education and college, many have sought employment. One of them is a volunteer for the charity and manages our orphan sponsorship and girls' empowerment programmes.

There are 1.2 million orphans in Zambia. Since 2006 The Butterfly Tree has sponsored orphaned and vulnerable boys and girls from rural villages in Zambia. Girls traditionally marry at a young age and have children in their teens. Those living in extreme poverty can easily fall pregnant through lack of knowledge or be enticed into early marriages.

Our orphan support programmes give girls an opportunity to be educated, to have choices and to learn about girl empowerment. Training peer educators is the best way to educate girls about the dangers of HIV, teenage pregnancies, and drug and alcohol abuse. We have role models who have completed high school and now are giving back to their communities.

After completing high school girls have gone to university or college studying a variety of subjects, including teaching, business and hotel management, nursing, and journalism.

As we celebrate this day The Butterfly Tree aims to support more vulnerable girls from remote villages who would not normally have an opportunity to complete their education. With our support their lives can change for the better.

Precious works in forward and clearing

Charity, studying business teaching at university

Links:

The Butterfly Tree Orphan Support

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Jan 18, 2023
MORE ORPHANS COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder

Chuuma completes high school

The new school year in Zambia is now underway. I am pleased to report that most pupils on our orphan support programme have passed their grade 7 and 9 exams, with some gaining very good results. A further six pupils from Mukuni and three from River View completed high school in December. Their grade 12 results will be announced next month. Eight students are currently attending universities and colleges, while those who took skills courses last year, are doing work experience.

More orphans and vulnerable children are being supported this year at Mukuni, River View, Ngandu, Kamwi, Ndele and Senkobo schools. If we can support their education then they can remain in the villages rather than having to go into an orphanage. Most are looked after by their grandparents or aunts or uncles.

The Butterfly Tree initiates workshops to teach the pupils about the dangers of HIV, teenage pregnancies, and alcohol and drug abuse. We also include girl empowerment so that the girls can challenge offer of early marriages. During the Christmas holidays three football tournaments took place for U-17 girls in Mukuni, Senkobo and Nyawa, and one for U-17 boys in Mukuni. All participants of touraments, sponosred by The Butterfly Tree must attend our HIV prevention workshops.

To further advance the education in Zambian rural schools in the Kazungula District the following projects were completed in 2022:

Completion of a classroom – Mubuyu community school
Completion of a classroom – Kamwi junior school
Completion of a classroom – Chabalanda junior
Completion of a classroom – Mukuni junior school
Expansion of Sichifulo junior secondary school
Donation of desks – Mukuni and Kamwi junior schools
Donations of textbooks to 20 schools
Installation of five boreholes for schools
Donation of seeds for school gardens

Our aim for 2023 is to reach out to new areas where there is a need for education facilities and to support more orphans and vulnerable children in rural villages so that they may complete high school. This will enable them to have a better chance of seeking employment or being able to apply for further education.

New classroom block - Kamwi Primary School

Francis completes high school

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MORE NEWS FROM THE BUTTERFLY TREE

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Dec 1, 2022
World AIDS Day December 1st 2022

By Jane Kaye-Bailey | Founder

World AIDS Day - 1st December

‘Equalize’ is the theme for 2022.

According to the World Health Organisation HIV remains a major public health issue. 'Globally, 38.4 million [33.9–43.8 million] people were living with HIV at the end of 2021. An estimated 0.7% [0.6-0.8%] of adults aged 15–49 years worldwide are living with HIV, although the burden of the epidemic continues to vary considerably between countries and regions. The WHO African Region remains most severely affected, with nearly 1 in every 25 adults (3.4%) living with HIV and accounting for more than two-thirds of the people living with HIV worldwide.'

The Butterfly Tree supports HIV orphans and peer education, in Zambia. Now in its sixteenth year the orphan sponsorship programme has helped hundreds of individual children, and many thousands more with improved water, health, and education facilities. The Zambian school year is about to close and a further twelve pupils have just completed high school, some of them have been on the programme from grade one through to grade twelve. This opportunity is life-changing and gives children, who live in extreme poverty, hope and a chance of a better future.

In addition, ten students participating in skills courses at Libes college in Livingstone, have also completed and waiting for their certificates. The courses included building, carpentry, plumbing, catering, and forward and clearing. Seven students are currently on degree courses.

With focus on the World Cup taking place in Qatar we are delighted to have been chosen as the nominated charity partner for an International Youth Football Tournament. The Butterfly Tree supports football for youths as well as empowering girls to help prevent them from being enticed into early marriages, teenage pregnancies, and drug and alcohol abuse. We have received a generous donation to fund a tournament in Zambia and the organisers will promote our work at their tournament next year.

A donation, however small, to our Christmas Appeal to provide a bag of ground maize for orphans and vulnerable children can really make a difference. The cost for a 25kg bsg of ground maize is just £6 or $7.

Links:

The Butterfly Tree Christamsn Fundraiser

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