No doubt many of you who live in areas that are affected by flooding due to the past week’s deluge of rain are wishing it would stop! In complete contrast Zambia’s severe drought, caused by El Niño, continues and people More details >

More Zambian children living in rural areas will shortly have access to primary and secondary education. A new secondary school at Nguba and a primary school at Bbombe Lyangoma will open next term. Nguba primary school has 923 pupils from More details >

My belief has always been that children do not ask to be born nor do they choose where they are born. Being brought up in a Yorkshire Dales farming community I had access to clean water, readily available food, a More details >

The Butterfly Tree built the first secondary school in the Kazungula District in Mukuni Village, which has enabled thousands of children to complete their education. Ten pupils under sponsorship are currently attending university, while others have sought employment. I am More details >

During my recent visit to Zambia is was apparent that our support is having a substantial impact on orphans and vulnerable children. No more so than at River View secondary school where I found motivated pupils who are keen to More details >

The Butterfly Tree, founded in 2006, is about to complete another successful year. In the past year we developed more schools, built a new health post, installed boreholes and toilets, and initiated sustainable income-generating projects for women and young people More details >

After the recent outbreak of cholera in Zambia, that has been contained, schools, colleges and universities opened on the 8th February. Fortunately, cholera was not prevalent in areas of the Kazungula District where we work. We are aiming to supply More details >

In January 2006 I first visited Mukuni Village, a far cry from the luxury hotel I was staying at alongside the mighty Victoria Falls. Little did I know that just two hours spent meeting the friendly and humble Leya people More details >

The Zambian school year ended at the beginning of December and I am delighted to report that a further sixteen pupils from The Butterfly Tree’s orphan sponsorship programme have completed school. Since early 2006 the charity has sponsored thousands of More details >

I recently returned from three wonderful and rewarding weeks in Zambia with temperatures ranging from 38 to 41 degrees and the time simply flew by. The Butterfly Tree has so many new and exciting on gong projects that it was More details >