One of the most difficult decisions I have to make when I am in Zambia is to prioritise when it comes to funding treatment for sick children. Such is the demand that it is impossible to help every one of More details >

‘Despite recent progress, about half the world’s population still lives in malaria risk areas and malaria remains a leading cause of death amongst young children‘.  Every 60 seconds a child dies from malaria  Globally malaria is the biggest killer of More details >

I have just returned from a rewarding yet very challenging trip to Zambia. After three weeks enjoying temperatures reaching over thirty degrees, it was a shock to come back to the UK to snow and below zero temperatures. As always there More details >

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 More details >

This is the time of year when people are seeking travel options and looking for warmer climates to escape the long British winter. As always we have received a number of volunteer requests to assist our projects in Zambia. Most More details >

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 More details >

I am delighted to say that The Butterfly Tree is going from strength to strength and has had another incredible year. November and December have been amazing months with donations pouring in from individuals, grant-baring organisations and corporate. I believe More details >

The Butterfly Tree’s 2013 charity calendar is available to order. The calendar is designed to create awareness of our vital work in Zambia and to raise funds for our grass roots projects. The charity’s funds have helped thousands of children to improve their situation More details >

Every hour around 300 people die of AIDS related illnesses, between 30 to 40 of them are children. Globally there are 34 million people living with HIV and AIDS. Despite significant progress being made sadly last year there were 2.2 More details >

Thanks to two large grants from the British and Foreign School Society and Saga Charitable Trust we have just topped the £1,000,000 ($1,600,000) mark in our fundraising efforts for Zambia! None of this could have been achieved without the generosity More details >