I first met Johan and Austine, two of our sponsored orphans, in 2012 when they came to Mukuni in search of help for their education. They were both attending N’gandu Junior School and had lived with their grandmothers since losing More details >

On the 25th May changes to the UK data protection laws are taking place. To keep you up to date on charity news we would like to continue sending you our newsletters. In order to keep receiving our updates please More details >

According to the World Health Organisation in 2016, there were an estimated 216 million cases of malaria in 91 countries, an increase of 5 million cases over 2015. Malaria deaths reached 445 000 in 2016, a similar number (446 000) More details >

My recent trip to Zambia was probably the most challenging to date mainly due to the continued rainy season. Global warming seems to be taking its toll on the nation, most especially in the Southern Province. After barely no rainfall More details >

As we approach our year end I find it hard to believe that it is now over twelve years since I first went to Zambia. It’s even harder to believe that The Butterfly Tree has grown from sponsoring a hand More details >

As many of you know The Butterfly Tree has successfully run an orphan sponsorship programme since 2006. Thousands of orphans have benefitted from our support, which includes better education and health facilities, access to safe water and school feeding programmes. All our work More details >

Moomba Chiefdom, a remote area in the Southern Province, is 300 km from Livingstone. Moomba Rural Health Centre is 125 km from the main road, tracks are mainly sandy, others are clay, which makes the area inaccessible during the rainy More details >

Happy New Year from The Butterfly Tree! January brings a positive start to the year, after December being one of the best months in the history of the charity, with new donations coming in. As always we strive to raise More details >

Christmas has come early for some of our schools in Zambia with this December being one of the busiest months in the history of the charity. We have been overwhelmed by the support from new and long-standing donors, who have More details >

The Butterfly Tree Charity Calendar is now available to order. Companies generously sponsor each page of the calendar, which covers all printing costs. Miranda freely designs the calendar and all the pictures are ones which I have taken during my More details >