Educate A CHILD
educate a child
Why is this important?
Education is the key to assuring young people in Africa learn to read, write and can create skills needed to live a full and productive life. It also makes our world a safer place as they understand the values that promote peace and prepare them to contribute to making their home land and the world a better place.
We believe that education is a critical requirement for African children. Without education, the people of southern Africa will struggle to protect the vast resources that the land provides.
In Zambia, secondary school (high school, 8th to 12th grade) is not free, thus few children attend school beyond grade 7.
The cost for a year of secondary school is $950 US which includes: School fees, uniforms, supplies, and boarding. College sponsorship ranges between $2500 and $4000 US (depending on area of study) a year, which includes school fees, boarding, supplies, and a computer and travel to the school at the beginning of each semester.
AHF has found sponsors for over 40 students to secondary school, college and trade schools within Zambia and South Africa. It is our goal to increase that number every year.
If you would like to sponsor an individual student, we can provide information and a photo of the student, and a personal appeal from them. Once they have begun school, we ask them to communicate with their sponsor at least several times a year via internet, WhatsApp or Facebook. If you would like to donate to our AHF Sponsorship Fund for primary or Secondary students you can provide a one time donation or monthly of any amount.
our LIBRARIES
Since first rebuilding classrooms at Uyoba School in 2008 we have assisted several other schools throughout Zambia. Africa Hope Fund has opened five libraries across the region. During the pandemic most schools closed throughout the South Luangwa Valley, but our libraries have remained open with safety policies in place. Hundreds of students wait in line to come into our libraries to read. Our libraries are run by our paid reading assistants who we continue to pay through donations from generous donors and our regular appeals.
Learning and reading is vital to the young people of Zambia in order to create valuable skills and a successful adult life. The libraries also serve as a safe gathering place in the villages for children who have no other place to learn and play.
Throughout the pandemic we have worked tirelessly to keep our students safe.
Even without running water our reading assistants have set up hand washing stations and made face masks for the children to use in the libraries. Only a limited number are allowed in at a time in order to assure safe distancing.
$1,800 pays a reading assistant’s salary for one year. Without these assistants our students wouldn't have the highest level of English speaking, reading and writing skills needed to secure a bright future.
Will you donate to our reading assistants and secure the future of our library program?
$25
$50
$125/one month of salary
$1,500/one year salary
Other
READY FOR SCHOOL KITS
“I really look forward to going to the library each day with my friends and our reading assistants. I love learning and I can now read in English!”
- Ruthie, Grade 5.
Education is critical to give young people their best start in life. It empowers them with access to meaningful careers and lowers likelihood of teenage pregnancy and child marriage.
Students in Zambia are required to purchase uniforms, shoes and supplies to attend school. Most can’t afford these items which limits access to the education that will drive children towards success. Girls continue to be at high risk of dropping out of school. We want to do all we can to help both boys and girls access education.
Will you help make sure a child can access the resources they desperately need?
How your donation makes an impact:
Uniform $10
One pair of shoes $8
Note books and pencils $2
Annual primary school fee $10
Basic Kit $20
Kit with School fees $30
Sponsor a class: $450
UYOBA SCHOOL – MFUWE, ZAMBIA
We were introduced to Uyoba Community School in Mfuwe Zambia in 2008. The school had been built by a church in the middle of a very poor village, had 3 classrooms, and a very small teacher’s office/storage area. It supported 300 students, grades 1-6, in a three classroom building with 3 teachers and 3 teacher assistants. The children attended in shifts. They had no electricity, and until 2010, no water. The children sat on the floor.
Over the last 5 years AHF has facilitated the building of a new classroom to accommodate the growing number of children, now close to 1200 students, with 50% of those girls. In order to allow for the first seventh grade class at Uyoba (since being started by the community over 10 years ago) we helped to increase the number of Government certified teachers from none to 10. AFS also purchased books for all grades to assure the students’ abilities to learn English, purchased desks and brought supplies to the school, and facilitated the construction of new badly needed toilets.
WE STILL NEED HELP TO PROVIDE TUITION, DESKS, SUPPLIES, MORE CLASSROOMS, READING ASSISTANTS’ SALARIES AND MUCH MORE.
CHIPEMBELE PROJECT
In 2014, Africa Hope Fund was happy to announce the opening of the new Student Center across the road from Mfuwe Secondary School. It is open every afternoon from 2:00-5:00pm when the children have finished school and have had their lunch. The computer lessons are on a strict rotation but the other afternoons they are open for the first in the doors (total number allowed in at any one time is 20 including those undergoing computer lessons).
This center opens a whole new world for these students. AHF is now raising funds to help pay for Chipembele Wildlife Education Center's many programs.
Chipembele Education Center was built on land given to a couple from the UK by the local chief in order to teach children and adults about conservation, and the history of their community and region. The center contains classrooms and a discovery area containing information about the plants, trees, animals, and insects of the area. Chipembele offers classes to children on a regular basis through the schools in the Mfuwe area. We support Chipembele financially each year.
Chipembele Student Center: Anna Tolan, director of Chipembele Wildlife Education Center, asked Africa Hope Fund for the funds to build a Student Education Center across the road from Mfuwe Secondary School (the equivalent of high school). The purpose of doing this was to have a place for the Conservation club to meet after school, and a place to allow students to learn to use computers and the internet. AHF funded this project in 2010 and it is being used by over 100 students on a weekly basis. Several clubs now meet here and classes are given on the use of computers daily. AHF has brought laptop computers over for the sponsored college students as well as the center.
Chipembele Internet: Africa Hope Fund funded the cost of installing a satellite dish for internet service, and donated the funds to operate it on an annual basis. This allowed students to use the internet for learning and to communicate with their sponsors.