Although there are over 100 orphans being sponsored by The Butterfly Tree, many more orphan sponsorships are urgently need help. I was distressed to learn yesterday that out of 50 pupils who had past grade 9 to attend the new high school, only 20 had been More details >

The improvements in education made by The Butterfly Tree over the past two years at Mukuni Village is having a positive effect on the community. With the addition of Mukuni high school, now in it’s second year, pupils are able More details >

I have just returned from an eventful trip to Zambia, which included meeting Vice-President Rupiah Banda during his visit to survey the areas devastated by the recent floods. Chief Mukuni invited me to attend the meeting when the Vice-President came to Mukuni More details >

Tomorrow I will be leaving for Zambia and I am looking forward to seeing just how much progress has been made since my last trip in September 2007. I recenty learnt from my NGO committee that this month the Ministry of More details >

Thanks to JuggleFrogs most generous donation of a new website we now have supporters from Hawaii to Australia. Miranda de Freston of JuggleFrogs has devoted weeks of her time to develop the website and we feel very priviliged to not only having More details >

One and a half million people have been affected by the recent floods in Zambia; several weeks of continuous rain have devastated many areas of the nation. On Friday of this week The Butterfly Tree is air-freighting huge amounts of medical supplies, blankets More details >

The Butterfly Tree has launched a flood appeal to help victims of the recent Zambia Floods. The president has announced the flood as a national disaster and it is still raining! Due to the lack of information reported by the More details >

I was deeply saddened to learn that Shadreck Mabote, the Prime Minister of the Mukuni Chiefdom, passed away yesterday. In the brief time I knew him I believe that he was a great man who was totally dedicated to his More details >

As if malaria, HIV/AIDS and poverty are not enough problems to contend with; now much of Zambia has been devastated by severe floods. Several weeks of continuous heavy rain has resulted in thousands of homes, livestock and agricultural products being More details >

The Butterfly Tree would like to wish everyone a very Happy Christmas. The words ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ echo in my ears every time I here the music playing. If only there were more people like Sir Bob Geldof More details >