We are excited to announce that our April team is heading to Zambia to collaborate on vital social projects through our partnership with Humana People to People
A new generation of RVA students will be working with two transformative community projects in the rural Chibombo district, just two hours from Lusaka. Our international team of Development Instructors —Casimiro Pau, Miki Nakai, Franchesco Nunez, Tammar Mitchell, and Carolina Herrera have finished their training and will be joining two of HPP’s key projects: The Young Farmers Club and the Childrens’ Town, which are designed to empower local community leaders and to promote sustainable development.
YOUNG FARMERS CLUB
The Young Farmers Club aims to equip young farmers with the knowledge, skills, and capacity to improve their livelihoods, support their families, and contribute to their communities. The project’s goals include:
- Income Generation: Helping farmers earn a sustainable income.
- Economic Security: Ensuring good economic practices within the community.
- Community Care: Encouraging farmers to take care of each other and create opportunities.
- Youth Empowerment: Strengthening young people’s abilities to live fulfilling lives.
- Climate Resilience: Finding ways to cope with the effects of global warming and climate change.
Tammar Mitchell and Casimiro Pau are assigned to this project, for a range of roles including:
- Training on Adding Value to agricultural production.
- Field Monitoring of sustainable horticulture practice to improve productivity..
- Promoting Climate Change Mitigation to improve local practices and train farmers to understand how to have an impact.
CHILDREN’S TOWN
In the Children’s Town project, volunteers Miki Nakai, Franchesco Nunez, and Carolina Herrera will focus on supporting the education and well-being of children at the school that shelters street children who have fallen through the social safety net.
The objective of the Children’s Town is to move children away from the streets and provide them with skills to enable them to take up healthy and productive lives. The project further provides basic education for vulnerable children from the surrounding communities and provides a safe shelter home for them to reintegrate into community life by providing education, vocational skills (including metal fabrication, agriculture and tailoring) training and psycho-social services.
The school has a capacity of 110-bed spaces, and accommodates both boys and girls from 15 to 18 years of age.
Franchesco will focus on garden farming, literacy and numeracy skills; Miki will support the school faculty with literacy and numeracy training; and Carolina will support community planning processes to build a more sustainable environment.
We are confident that the dedication and hard work of our volunteers, combined with the support of Humana People to People, will make a significant impact in the Chibombo district.
We also look forward to hearing from this new team about their learnings and suggestions for our programs!
Stay tuned for updates on the progress of these exciting projects!