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Education
Working with local communities we are building substainable schools, providing education, hope and opportunity.
Kamwi, a remote school in the Mukuni Chiefdom, now goes up to grade 7. The school needed to be upgraded as the children had to walk great distances to get to Mukuni Basic School, crossing elephant paths on the way. The younger children are frightened and run to school…
The Mukuni Basic School has an addition of the first rural high school in the district. Principal Mr Presley Mulenga was struggling to make progress due to the lack of government funds. Since The Butterfly Tree’s involvement the school has advanced tremendously, find out more about the school and the work…
Due to lack of funds the pre-school was at risk of closure. The Butterfly Tree has built two fully-equipped classrooms, an outdoor play area and also funds three teachers’ salaries. Pre-schools do not receive government backing. The teachers make the school uniforms and use the profits to purchase supplies. Now…
Ngandu School is the second school supported by The Butterfly Tree. We have fully restored two classrooms and added two higher grades and put in a bore hole. Several pupils from the school are included in our orphan sponsorship program and we are currently building a teacher’s house. Many children…
In most western countries children with physical or mental special needs are able to receive an education, African children are less fortunate. Last year the Zambian government provided Mukuni Basic School with a special educational needs teacher and that was all. No materials, no equipment or transportation for children in outreach villages…
During every trip to Zambia we are presented with a long list of new orphans in need of sponsorship. Education is the Key Without education these children have no hope of improving their situation. In addition to the academic subjects education teaches them the dangers of HIV and…
Latest Happenings WITH OUR Education Projects
HIV and AIDS Prevention
Education is the key
Virtually all the work of The Butterfly Tree revolves around the HIV and AIDS orphans. At Mukuni Village almost 50% of the school children have lost one or more parent putting a huge burden on elderly grandparents and guardians and its the same story in every village. We…
Charity at Christmas
Sponsor an orphan in Zambia
This month most of us will be frantically buying presents and getting ready for the Christmas festivities. The shops are stacked with merchandice, delicious food and an abundance of drink and yet we still struggle to find that special present with a difference. One way to overcome this problem is…
TheBigGive Christmas Challenge
Chance to Double Orphan Support Donations
This week The Butterfly Tree is participating in theBigGive Christmas Challenge, which gives us the opportunity to double any donations made from the 10 am on Monday 5th until Friday 9th December. Donations made to charities during this time will be matched by a combination of pledges donated by…
World AIDS Day 2011
The Butterfly Tree HIV and AIDS Prevention
Today marks World AIDS Day. Over 30 million people have died from AIDS related causes. An estimated 33 million are living with HIV. 2.9 million of these are children. Around 68% of from sub-Sahara Africa. Zambia has the seventh highest prevalence in the world. Today gives the opportunity…
Support AIDS Orphans
Sponsor an orphan in Zambia
The worst thing that can happen to any child is to lose a parent, but when a child loses both mother and father life becomes unbearble. To add to the heartbreak many of them have to drop out of school. There are 710,000 orphans in Zambia who need support. In some cases these children…