NGO in Zambia

The Butterfly Tree NGO in Zambia is the sister organisation to The Butterfly Tree in the UK. The Non-Government Organisation was founded by Jane Kaye-Bailey in 2006 shortly after registering the UK charity.  Their aim is to support rural communities decimated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. All the members are volunteers which enables donor funds to go directly into the grass root projects.

The  NGO in Zambia is based in Mukuni, seven kilometres from the Victoria Falls and sixteen from Livingstone. Mukuni Village is the centre of the Mukuni Chiefdom, which is divided into twelve zones and has a population in excess of 20,000. The people are from the Leya tribe.

Our NGO Team

The team is made of off the UK trustees and local Zambian people, mostly from the Chiefdom. All the projects are sourced and initiated by these hard-working volunteers who cover a substantial distance from the centre. The NGO team go into the outreach communities to source and identify the problems; they do not tell the people what they need but ask them what is most urgent. This way all the funds are used for essential Water, Food , Health, Education and Sustainable projects such as bore holes, classrooms and healthcare.

Once prioritising has been decided then the NGO in Zambia start the project and closely monitor them on a regular basis. The UK trustees also oversee the work in progress and help in the setting of health projects for malaria and HIV and AIDS Prevention as well as the orphan sponsorship program.