Education
Working with local communities in three Chiefdoms of Zambia we are building substainable schools, providing education, hope and opportunity.
Since The Butterfly Tree’s involvement at Mukuni Basic School a great deal of development has taken place. After a successful project funded by The Butterfly Tree the completion of a three bay classroom, with storage rooms and an office, has been achieved making…
In 2006 due to lack of funds the Mukuni pre-school was at risk of closure and only 25 children attended due to having to pay for the teacher’s fees. The Butterfly Tree has built two fully-equipped classrooms, an outdoor play area and also funds…
N’gandu School was the second school to be supported by The Butterfly Tree back in 2007. We have fully restored two classrooms, added two higher grades and put in a bore hole. An extra teacher’s house was added in 2012. Many pupils from the school are…
Fourteen children from Mandandi and surrounding villages had never been to school due to the long distance they have to walk. In January 2012 The Butterfly Tree opened a new school at Ndele, a remote village in the Mukuni Chiefdom some 20…
An estimated 90% of all disabled children in Africa are not attending school. In 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…
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…
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…
Latest Happenings WITH OUR Education Projects
Mukuni Schools
Education is the Key
Mukuni Village is close to Livingstone, the tourist capital of Zambia and it is here where The Butterfly Tree is based. Since 2006 we have helped to advance the education in Mukuni, which has made it quite possibly the best and most…
Education For All
Advancement in Education for Zambian Schools
For the past seven years we have been working in a number of remote villages in the Mukuni Chiefdom. Now we are able to ‘spread our wings’ and reach out to vulnerable children in the Musokotwane and Sekute Chiefdoms, using many of…
2013 Support for Orphans
New Year Brings Hope for Orphans
It is almost seven years since I first stepped foot in Mukuni Village and visited their basic school. It was there that I learnt about the plight of the orphans – almost 50% of the children had lost one or both parents….
Newsletter April 2012
Huge Boost in Education
I have just returned from Zambia after three full weeks overseeing The Butterfly Tree projects and sourcing new ones. We are now covering areas some 100 kilometres from Livingstone, reaching out to villages in very remote areas where progress is being made…
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…