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Living Hope School

Posted: June 5, 2015

Living Hope School has been operating since 1996. It works with the Ministry of Social Welfare and the Ministry of Education and is registered as an NGO and as a community school. The school uses universal language of L.S.B.A.T which stands for “learners should be able to.”

cwb-living-hope-schoolThere are 320 students– 137 girls and 183 boys. Teaching staff is 8 volunteers who have completed grade 12 but are not trained as teachers. The pass rates for 7th and 9th grade exams range between 75-84%. The school is housed in a 2-story building with 25 rooms, many of which are inadequate learning environments.

There is also a transit home on location that has supported 185 orphans from 1996 to 2013 and currently supports approximately 15 orphans and vulnerable children.

Communities Without Borders has been connected to Living Hope for the since 2013 by providing some educational supplies, books, and the Tree of Life Workshop to some of the students. One teacher is finishing up a teaching program at Mwarona College of Education. CWB has also purchased 300 pupil books and 70 teacher books that are linked to the Zambian Curriculum that is used throughout the country, recognized by the Ministry of Education, and used in government schools.

  • Challenges include:
  • Teacher training, pay and retention
  • Textbooks – Zambian curriculum
  • Teaching materials
  • Water sanitation
  • Classrooms are not conducive for learning
  • Clothing for children
  • Balanced diet/feeding program

 

Living Hope Magazine

Living Hope Magazine February 2017

Living Hope Magazine June 2016

 

Plot #139A, Ngwerere Rd, Lusaka, Zambia
Category: School

The Living Hope Community School is on Ngwerere Rd. It is located approximately 7 km from downtown Lusaka city center via Cairo Rd.

 

Filed Under: Partnerships

Sekelele Community School

Posted: June 5, 2015

cwb-sekeleleSekelela Community School is located in Lusaka West. The school was established in 1998 and started under a tree. Currently, there are 166 boys and 172 girls… 35 are single orphans, 34 are double orphans, and 12 are vulnerable. There are 6 teachers.

Their mission is to provide free, relevant, and quality education to orphans and vulnerable children. In the past four years, they had 100% pass rates on the government exams. Their annual budget is $17,000. Zambian Open Community Schools (ZOCS) has helped provide teacher training. Previous donors have included MTN, a Zambian cellular network, who built the school and OxFam built the borehole for the water well.

 

Their challenges include:

  • no electricity
  • untrained teachers
  • teacher allowances
  • food for children
  • no kitchen/cooking area: problematic during the rainy season since they currently cook outside
  • only 2 classroom blocks
  • teaching supplies
  • computers
  • food supplements
  • early marriages

Sekelela Community School
Mungwi Rd, D170, Mungule Rd. Zambia
Category: School

The Sekelela Community School is located approximately 20 km West of Lusaka, in the Kafue District, Lusaka Central, Namalombwe constituency. It is about 28 km to the M9.

Filed Under: Partnerships

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