WHAT WE'RE DOING

ZRDF now works with 18 communities with a population of 90,000 in an area of 5.5 sq kms. Please see map. ZRDF has just started to work in three new communities of Chi-lu-ma, Chibombo, Luanshya and Masense.

The interventions are holistic and are in partnership between ZRDF and the communities and include:

 

• Radically improving school infrastructure by the construction of classroom blocks and teachers’ houses, which in turn unlocks Zambian Government funding of trained teachers; also the provision of teaching materials

• Addressing the scourge of HIV and AIDS by training local volunteers and providing them with bicycles as community based councillors, peer educators and care givers

• Raising family income and household nutrition through subsistence farmers diversifying crops from only growing maize to include higher value crops such bananas and soya beans

• Also improving family incomes by introducing Savings and Internal Loan Communities (SILC), which are effectively village banks, which encourage local entrepreneurial ship amongst women

• Supporting the creation and training of community groups to provide local leadership