The Butterfly Tree is saddened to announce the passing away of President Michael Chilufya Sata on October 28th in London. Acting President Guy Scott has announced the commencement of the period of mourning. Our condolences go to his family and More details >

After a somewhat challenging year I am pleased to report on the completion of several projects that will benefit the orphans and rural communities. All of them are hugely beneficial, but none more so than those providing improved water and More details >

This December we have raised a record amount of funds primarily as a result of participating in the BigGive Christmas Challege and two substantial grants from two of our major donors. The British and Foreign School Society has generously given a further More details >

Peter Liyungu was the first orphan to be accepted on The Butterfly Tree orphan sponsorship program, some five years ago, when we first started operating in Mukuni Village back in 2006. At the time despite being very intelligent, Peter had lost interest in his education More details >

‘Change for the Better’ is how I would describe this year, our most successful to date. We were awarded a substantial number of grants and received an increase in donations, which has enabled us to reach out to more rural More details >

August is usually a quiet month for charities and fundraising, not so for The Butterfly Tree and Mukuni. I have just returned from a visit to Zambia and the development taking place in several of the schools is amazing. My More details >

During my visit to Mukuni I was fortunate to have Professor Doug Saunders from Sydney University acccompany for four days. After a brief encounter at Livingstone airport in May 2007 Doug was interested in my work, came to the UK to see More details >

Today marks World Water Day. Despite the UN’s International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life 2005–2015’, there are still over a billion people who have not got access to safe, clean water. Water is life, a commodity that we take More details >

The Butterfly Tree has partnered with Buy One Give Twice, the UK’s premier charity auction site. If you have any unwanted Christmas presents, having an annual Spring clean or want to donate event tickets or holiday accomodation to raise money More details >