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The Zambia Project: providing hope through education
Zambia Project mission: to provide hope through education for Zambia's most vulnerable children. The Zambia Project raises money for the Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS.) ZOCS provide a basic education to children who would not otherwise have an opportunity to go to school. Most ZOCS students are orphans, and all live in seriously impoverished conditions.
Project history: The Zambia Project was founded in the fall of 2001 by a group of five students and a staff member. The student organization has grown to include scores of students and has raised over $130,000 for ZOCS.
Our personal connection to Zambian children: 22 St. Norbert College students have traveled to Zambia to visit the children and teachers of ZOCS. They have seen first-hand the powerful impact of Zambia Project donations, which have been used to purchase:
- Books and supplies for students and teachers
- Construction materials for schools
- Teachers' training and salaries
- Self-sustainability projects for individual schools
- Hammermills for grinding maize
- Boreholes to provide life-sustaining water on school grounds
Students who have traveled to Zambia have returned to tell their stories about the courage and determination of the children of ZOCS who want desperately to continue to go to school. Students who are involved in the Zambia Project may or may not wish to travel to Zambia, but all ZPers have one thing in common: they are dedicated to providing hope through education for Zambia's children. |
Zambia Project video
Watch and listen to the official
Zambia Project Video as members of the Zambia Project describe their passion for the special children of the Zambia Open Community Schools. Our new video will be coming soon.
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