Building empowered community through love, education, and micro-enterprise
Collectively Transforming Lives
Chikumbuso is a collective of individuals forming a grassroots community project in Ng’ombe, Zambia. We are all members of the community... students, single moms, widows, grandmothers, volunteers, employees, donors, you, me. Through developing loving relationships, focusing on the individual, building a healthy and safe community, and connecting people across the world, we are able to provide opportunities for transformation to the women and children living in poverty as well as to our volunteers, supporters, and donors around the world.
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Education
Education is the key to the future for our students. We run a K-7 community school for 300 students and provide scholarships for 150 high performers as they go on to high school. In 2021 Chikumbuso sponsored 109 students in college with 65 college graduates.
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Skills Training
Our tailoring program for youth has helped 300 single mothers and young men find new careers and a pathway out of poverty through small business training. Each year 20-30 students get trained in a skill that lasts a lifetime.
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Micro-Enterprise
Chikumbuso has helped over 100 widows get back on their feet and send their children to school. Thanks to the sales of their products, thirty artists have built better financial futures, including buying and building their own homes.
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Grandmother Outreach
Respect for the elderly is one of the most beautiful traditions of Zambian life. Chikumbuso remembers to give back to 18 seniors in our community with monthly deliveries of basic necessities in addition to support visits and care as needed.
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A community of empowered women rebuilding their lives, caring for each other, feeding 500 students every day, and caring for 18 grandmothers. Their craftsmanship brings more than a bag to our community and your bag will mean more than a purchase to you.
We are the Children of Chikumbuso.
Chikumbuso, a project in Lusaka, Zambia, provides education and vocational training to a community that has been heavily affected by HIV and AIDS.
