Our project in the year 2025: building a secondary school in Choma, Zambia
This year, we are raising funds to build a secondary school in Zambia. The newly planned secondary school will be the first time that many children from the rural town of Choma, Zambia have access to high-quality schooling. This educational project is designed so that disadvantaged young people in particular have access to good schooling and thus have opportunities for a better future.
Specifically, this is where your donations will go:
👉 Establishing a secondary school in the Choma district
👉 Setting up classrooms and teaching facilities for an initial 180 students
👉 Building teachers' residences and an administrative buildings
👉 Start construction in the summer of 2025
Why do we need to build a school?
The Choma district in southern Zambia is home to 270,000 inhabitants, and its city of the same name is an economic and cultural center known for its agriculture, especially growing corn. Many families here are affected by poverty; access to good schooling is very limited.
There are only 15 secondary schools in the Choma district, which is nowhere near enough for the students who want to continue past the seventh grade and pursue a secondary education after attending one of the region’s 198 elementary schools. Overcrowded classrooms and a lack of resources pose a massive challenge, which is why many children cannot develop their full potential.
Learn more about the school at A school in Africa on the website of the Umckaloabo foundation
Sister Loice Kashangura has been a project partner for the Umckaloabo Foundation for many years. She has helped us in successfully bringing other school projects to life.
Her own experience has shown that top-quality education can pave the way into a good future.
Her personal commitment, her experience in the field and her presence on site will all help make the secondary school in Choma a lighthouse project.
About Zambia
With its nearly 21 million inhabitants, Zambia is a country with relatively stable politics and is home to over 70 different ethnic groups who live in peace. The consequences of climate change as well as widespread poverty and malnutrition create massive challenges for the country, however. There is great social injustice in Zambia; in particular, people in rural areas – especially children – suffer from food shortages and malnourishment. (https://www.bmz.de/de/laender/sambia)