Note: The menu shows the 36 African countries where Africare has worked, not the other African countries.

 


(Sheila McKinnon photo)

Zambia

It was in Zambia, in 1978, that Africare's work in the Southern African region began. The first project provided emergency aid to refugees. Numerous projects in the areas of agriculture, water resource development and health care have followed over the years, ranging from rice cultivation to livestock production and from the repair of rural health clinics to the construction of village wells. A major success has been Africare's work in edible oil production: a small-scale agricultural enterprise piloted in one Zambian village in 1988 and replicated since then in more than 2,000 locations nationwide as well as in several neighboring countries. Water projects, too, have formed a cornerstone of the Africare effort in Zambia, including village-level water and sanitation for health and, during the 1991-1992 Southern African drought, a regional program of emergency water supply. Major programs addressing HIV/AIDS began in 1999.

Current Africare assistance to Zambia:

  • Food production
  • Promotion of drought-resistant crops
  • Water resource development
  • Integrated poverty alleviation and environmental conservation
  • Agricultural marketing
  • Microenterprise development
  • HIV prevention
  • Assistance to AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children
  • Support for people living with HIV or AIDS
  • Primary health care
  • Water sanitation
  • Vocational training
  • School construction
  • Emergency food distribution
  • Flood relief and rehabilitation

 

(Updated, Dec. 18, 2007)