Zambia Development Programme 2017-22

The successful applicants have now been announced, with £6,289,536 being awarded to 6 projects between 2017 and 2022.

Project 1

Organisation: Open University
Theme: Education
Project Title: Zambian Education School-based Training (ZEST)
Total award: £1,284,524 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: The project will improve the quality of primary school teaching and learning in Central Province by operationalising the Ministry of General Education's teacher development strategy through a School Based Teacher Development Programme which supports teachers in developing active teaching approaches and finding solutions to the very practical issues they face in the classroom, accessed through locally appropriate technologies including teachers' own mobile devices.

Project 2

Organisation: SCIAF
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development and Agriculture
Project Title: Empowering resource-poor rural communities in Central Province, Zambia by strengthening income security, fostering well-being of women and promoting renewable energy use.
Total award: £1,350,000 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: Enable 1,050 resource-poor rural farming households in Kabwe (Central Province, Zambia) to increase their household income through the adoption of sustainable organic agriculture to increase yields, and value addition by e.g. processing peanuts into groundnut oil or peanut butter; the project also seeks to foster well-being of women, reduce child marriage and pilot bio-gas energy for cooking and lighting.

Project 3

Organisation: The Big First Aid Project Scotland
Theme: Health
Project Title: First Aid & Renewable Energy Solutions For Communities In Zambia's Central Province
Total award: £730,161 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: Using ground-breaking technology to increase Zambia's ability to respond to emergencies, while training the next generation of Zambian life savers. Communities in the surrounding area will have access to evidence-based first aid resources & training. Stakeholders in the area will have access to a mobile solar system, which can be quickly deployed to help provide electricity during large scale emergencies. The Kapila Health Centre will get access to solar power, and reduce their reliance on diesel to power generators. We will build the capacity of Biolife Energy Zambia and The Big First Aid Project Scotland to ensure the sustainability of this and future projects in the region.

Project 4

Organisation: Christian Aid
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development and Agriculture
Project Title: Making Agriculture a Business: Harnessing the potential of Small Scale Farmers/ Entrepreneurs as Champions of Economic Development.
Total award: £1,309,537 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: This project is aimed at 'Making Agriculture a Business': through harnessing the potential of small-scale farmers/ entrepreneurs as champions of economic development mainly in the four districts in Central Province, Zambia. It aims to impact the livelihoods and resilience of farmers/entrepreneurs especially women, with a focus on including the most marginalised who are young women, and persons with disabilities. These groups range from local community focused groups to business and market trader groups based around neighbouring bulking centres and markets. Links will specifically be made to the John Chinena Market/ Jubilee Women's Integrated Highway Market's Programme in Chibombo.

Project 5

Organisation: CBM
Theme: Health
Project Title: PrevENT: Community ear and hearing care and rehabilitation of disabling hearing loss
Total award: £1,251,578 (2017-2022)
Project Summary: This project will improve the quality of life of people living with, or at risk of, disabling hearing impairment in the Central Province of Zambia by establishing services for Primary Ear and Hearing Care as well as general ENT as a core part of community public health care services.

Project 6

Organisation: Gaia Education
Theme: Sustainable Economic Development
Project Title: Zambian Youth for Conservation, Agriculture and Livelihood Action! (ZYCALA)
Total award: £363,736 (2017-2020)
Project Summary: Building the capacity of Zambian Youth to lead 3 Central Province districts to more sustainable food and livelihood security and conservation action.