Kwasha Mukwenu (Help Your Neighbour), Matero, Lusaka – Project Update

Some of the founder members of the Kwasha Mukwenu Women’s Group

The school for needy children continues to offer classes for one hundred and forty pupils from Grade 1 to Grade 9, with five teachers. In addition funds are provided to cover examination fees and to progress further in Government schools.            

During 2022 a new nursery school was completed and equipped and is now up and running with three teachers and fifty children.

A new Executive Team has been elected to carry the work forward. The previous team of founder members did an excellent job for many years, over which time many hundreds of needy children were able to attend school, and to go on to jobs and careers that would otherwise have been impossible for them to achieve.

Bernard Lusale, a Trust volunteer, has continued running a series of training workshops with the Kwasha Mukwenu Women’s Group members and with the new executive team, with Mwate Nampemba in attendance. These sessions focus on the different leadership roles (Chairperson; Secretary; Treasurer), on strategic planning and on issues of governance and accountability.

Bernard Lusale leading one of the training workshops