The Estelle Trust has accepted a proposal to aid the educational work of the Baynards Zambia Trust (BZT). BZT is a UK charity that is run by voluntary trustees who know Zambia well. It operates in partnership with Hodi, a Zambian-run NGO: Hodi provides the local management of the projects. BZT focuses on three areas of need in the remote Mkushi District of Zambia near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo: education for children, promotion of sustainable livelihoods through better farming methods and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programmes.
The interior of Chinonya School
The project supported by the Estelle Trust is the construction of a teacher’s house at Chinonya School. This is currently a community school with no government support and in a run-down state: mud and wattle construction with children sitting on bricks. A development programme has started including the provision of water supply and construction of a classroom block and teachers’ houses. These facilities will enable the school to achieve Government funded primary school status. The community is wholeheartedly engaged in the programme, making a contribution through the manufacturing of bricks, building sand and stones for the foundations. As an initial contribution, the Estelle Trust is funding the construction of one of the teacher’s houses.
Chinonya Community School Building
