Why
does Kaloko Trust work in Community Social Development?
Fundamental to the long-term stability and development of rural
communities is access to basic social services, such as healthcare
and education. However, as Zambia is so poor, the government spends
very little on education and healthcare, and many people in rural
areas have little or no access to either.
What are we doing?
Schools
In 1991 Kaloko established the Luansobe Upper Basic School, which
now provides basic education to over 800 local children. This
is run in partnership with the government. Kaloko provides and
maintains all buildings, as well as a hostel, housing, water,
teaching assistants and additional resources. The government supplies
some teachers and basic materials.
In 1996 Kaloko established the Kaloko Crèche. With a recent
extension this now takes in the region of 50 children from 3 months
to 6 years. It provides a vital service for working mothers, allowing
them to access employment or training opportunities.
In 2006 Kaloko Trust started to support Kandulwe Community School as part of a wider programme to expand our help for those needing basic education in the Luansobe area. Kandulwe has two government-salaried teachers and five volunteers, and offers Grades 1-7 to 220 students. In the absence of proper government provision, community schools are set up and run by the goodwill of the local villagers, mostly struggling to get by on contributions made by the parents.
Such schools are very much in need of Kaloko’s help and by including them in our sponsorship programme we provide them with regular support, which they use to improve the school and raise the standards of teaching and learning. Sponsorship money is used to develop such basics as proper classrooms, furniture and sanitation, as well as teaching resources.
If you would like to sponsor a class at Luansobe Upper
Basic School, Kaloko Crèche or Kandulwe CS please visit our sponsorship
page. SCHOOL SPONSORSHIP
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Health
Kaloko also built and supports the Luansobe Rural Health Centre.
The Centre is the only medical facility in the area seeing approximately
5,000 outpatients and providing over 4,000 vaccinations to children
each year. In recent years we have donated to the Centre an ambulance
with which to provide outreach clinics. The Centre has also recently
been registered as a designated Counselling & Testing Centre
for HIV/AIDS, and free ARVs are available.
Would you like to fundraise for programmes at the Health Centre?
Individuals in the UK raised the money for the ambulance they
received, and several groups are raising money to build Community
Health Outposts. Visit our fundraising page for more information.
FUNDRAISING >
Easing the impact of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS is decimating Zambian communities. One in five is now
HIV+ and Zambia has one of the highest numbers of orphans in the
world. Kaloko has implemented an HIV/AIDS programme that focuses
on raising understanding and awareness and developing the skills
of community-based Counsellors to support people in their areas.
This has recently expanded to include a specific Food Security
Programme for families vulnerable due to HIV/AIDS. This includes
elderly grandparents who are trying to look after many young grandchildren
whose parents have died of AIDS, and orphan-headed households,
where they have no adult to take care of them.
To learn how you can help lift some of the burden from older women caring for their grandchildren in families afflicted by HIV/AIDS read about our Third Age Sponsorship programme.
Prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission to children
We are running a pilot programme to help prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their children. The project seeks to reduce the transfer of HIV/AIDS from pregnant/lactating mothers to their new-born babies through:
- strengthening the Rural Health Clinic’s ability to support and advise HIV infected mothers,
- training 20 HIV infected women in correct replacement infant feeding practices,
- training 12 Traditional Birth Attendants in safer delivery procedures
- create an HIV Infected Mothers' Support Group to continue with the message after the project end
- provide a motorcycle for the clinic to allow them to extend outreach visits to the surrounding villages
For more about the project see the project proposal details here.
Support for those with HIV/AIDS
In addition, Kaloko has started a chicken rearing project to create a greater sense of community between HIV/AIDS sufferers and provide them with an income earning activity - project proposal details here.
