It must be noted, that while raising €400,000 for Zambia we as a community, also continue to support many other charities locally.

 

A number of adults (totally at their own expense) have visited the project a few times since 2007, working on the ground and seeing what else can be done to improve the lives of the people. The houses all have running water and electricity which has greatly improved the lives of the people, especially the lives of women and children.

 

While we may fund the project, the people in Kitwe build the houses themselves – they even make the blocks!

 

A local committee selects the families who will receive a house and each family must also accommodate a ‘street child’.

 

The family is also expected to make a small contribution towards the building project, for example a bag of cement and when a family gets a house, they in turn help build another house. This way the beneficiaries of the project don’t feel they are getting charity and also they have ownership of the project.

 

All the houses and the Community Centre are held in a trust, meaning they can never be sold.

 

The Community Centre which has been built, again by the local people with funding from the project here, houses a pre-school which helps ensure the children will go on to primary school. There are now plans in place to build a clinic.

The project also bought sewing machines which the local women use and thus earn some much needed extra money.

 

Zambia Youth

 

The Zambia Youth Committee was set up as a sub-group of the Zambia Housing Project and our aim objective is to send local young people to work on the project in Kitwe, Zambia. There are young people from the local area in group ranging in ages from their late teens to early twenties.

 

While the adults who volunteer to go and work on the project pay their own way, it was decided that the youth committee could fundraise to pay their travel expenses.

 

We have done a number of successful events such as rainbow runs and movie nights to help towards expenses.

It must be noted, that while raising €400,000 for Zambia we as a community, also continue to support many other charities locally.

 

A number of adults (totally at their own expense) have visited the project a few times since 2007, working on the ground and seeing what else can be done to improve the lives of the people. The houses all have running water and electricity which has greatly improved the lives of the people, especially the lives of women and children.

 

While we may fund the project, the people in Kitwe build the houses themselves – they even make the blocks!

 

A local committee selects the families who will receive a house and each family must also accommodate a ‘street child’.

 

The family is also expected to make a small contribution towards the building project, for example a bag of cement and when a family gets a house, they in turn help build another house. This way the beneficiaries of the project don’t feel they are getting charity and also they have ownership of the project.

 

All the houses and the Community Centre are held in a trust, meaning they can never be sold.

 

The Community Centre which has been built, again by the local people with funding from the project here, houses a pre-school which helps ensure the children will go on to primary school. There are now plans in place to build a clinic.

The project also bought sewing machines which the local women use and thus earn some much needed extra money.

 

Zambia Youth

 

The Zambia Youth Committee was set up as a sub-group of the Zambia Housing Project and our aim objective is to send local young people to work on the project in Kitwe, Zambia. There are young people from the local area in group ranging in ages from their late teens to early twenties.

 

While the adults who volunteer to go and work on the project pay their own way, it was decided that the youth committee could fundraise to pay their travel expenses.

 

We have done a number of successful events such as rainbow runs and movie nights to help towards expenses.

Zambia Youth

 

The Zambia Youth Committee was set up as a sub-group of the Zambia Housing Project and our aim objective is to send local young people to work on the project in Kitwe, Zambia. There are young people from the local area in group ranging in ages from their late teens to early twenties.

 

While the adults who volunteer to go and work on the project pay their own way, it was decided that the youth committee could fundraise to pay their travel expenses.

 

We have done a number of successful events such as rainbow runs and movie nights to help towards expenses.

It must be noted, that while raising €400,000 for Zambia we as a community, also continue to support many other charities locally.

 

A number of adults (totally at their own expense) have visited the project a few times since 2007, working on the ground and seeing what else can be done to improve the lives of the people. The houses all have running water and electricity which has greatly improved the lives of the people, especially the lives of women and children.

 

While we may fund the project, the people in Kitwe build the houses themselves – they even make the blocks!

 

A local committee selects the families who will receive a house and each family must also accommodate a ‘street child’.

 

The family is also expected to make a small contribution towards the building project, for example a bag of cement and when a family gets a house, they in turn help build another house. This way the beneficiaries of the project don’t feel they are getting charity and also they have ownership of the project.

 

All the houses and the Community Centre are held in a trust, meaning they can never be sold.

 

The Community Centre which has been built, again by the local people with funding from the project here, houses a pre-school which helps ensure the children will go on to primary school. There are now plans in place to build a clinic.

The project also bought sewing machines which the local women use and thus earn some much needed extra money.

 

Zambia Youth

 

The Zambia Youth Committee was set up as a sub-group of the Zambia Housing Project and our aim objective is to send local young people to work on the project in Kitwe, Zambia. There are young people from the local area in group ranging in ages from their late teens to early twenties.

 

While the adults who volunteer to go and work on the project pay their own way, it was decided that the youth committee could fundraise to pay their travel expenses.

 

We have done a number of successful events such as rainbow runs and movie nights to help towards expenses.

Zambia Youth

 

The Zambia Youth Committee was set up as a sub-group of the Zambia Housing Project and our aim objective is to send local young people to work on the project in Kitwe, Zambia. There are young people from the local area in group ranging in ages from their late teens to early twenties.

 

While the adults who volunteer to go and work on the project pay their own way, it was decided that the youth committee could fundraise to pay their travel expenses.

 

We have done a number of successful events such as rainbow runs and movie nights to help towards expenses.