Our Projects in Zambia
Your donations at work
Zambia is in southern Africa and borders eight countries. Despite its relatively stable political situation, large challenges remain, especially ones that affect children: nearly 50% of Zambia’s population is younger than 14. A lack of access to education, especially in rural areas, malnutrition and lack of health services disproportionately affect the youngest generations. These are the exact challenges that TRANSEARCH KinderHilfe Foundation, together with ChildFund, seek to improve
2020: Kick-off for new School and Social Services Campus Project
From 2021 until 2030, we are implementing another large project in Katete, District Chibombo, Zambia. This project aims to improve the quality of education in the area by providing a secure learning environment. Already at the start of the project, 696 students were being taught by 11 teachers. As of January 2026, the numbers have risen to 1,600 students and 19 teachers.
As with our initial project in Zambia, not only education, but infrastructure and human services are the focus here.
Development Phases for the Katete Project:
With your financial contributions, we have been able to accomplish great steps already!
In order to complete our further goals within the project, we need financial contributors. Join our efforts and donate to help us realize the next phase!
We need YOU
Milestones of Our First Zambia Project
Our school project in Zambia began in 2010 with 596 pupils and seven teachers at the Namununga Middle Basic School in District Chibombo in Zambia. Before the project began, there was a lack of teachers and appropriate surroundings for education, and there was a desolate lack of proper hygienic facilities. Classrooms were overflowing, the school building in disrepair, too few teachers, and hardly any desks, chairs or school supplies severely hindered successful education. The total funding volume for the ten years this project encompassed equaled about 500,000 Euros.
The goal of the project was to give 1,667 children the means to experience a true joy of learning and to provide the necessary surroundings to accomplish this. Included in this goal was the construction of new teachers’ flats and classrooms, providing the infrastructure for electricity and water supply facilities, and constructing modern sanitary facilities that provide acceptable and modern hygienic standards.
The first encouraging results were realized between 2011 and 2013. In this time, the first school building with two classrooms, three function rooms and 3×2 sanitary facilities were opened, and an initial electricity and water supply infrastructure was put in place. In the years following, twelve teachers’ flats, further classroom blocks, a nursery, a computer lab, a grain mill and a village store with necessities were added.
In addition to the school and store campus, our project included the construction of a health clinic and nurses’ flats, provided schoolbooks and supplies, renovations for the sports area, a school garden, the construction and equipping of a school lab and the computerization of the school. A further goal for this project was to provide health education and support anti-AIDS campaigns in the community.
Our foundation’s board developed and followed each measure of the project together with organizations on location and in the community. The proper execution of each step was monitored and, thanks to annual visits to the project site, the board gained firsthand insights into just how much each donation makes possible, whether large or small.
This and much more have been possible thanks to your donations!
The goal was to bring today’s 1,200 children the joy of learning by creating a motivational learning environment. This included the construction of new teacher accommodation, classrooms, the installation of electricity and water infrastructure, and the construction of sanitary facilities that meet today’s hygiene standards. In addition, we built a health clinic and a sister residence, provided teaching and learning aids, renovated the sports fields, planted a school garden, and built a fully equipped school laboratory. General health education and the promotion of HIV/AIDS prevention are key goals of this project.
During annual trips, the foundation’s board of directors was able to see first-hand how important your donations are – every donation counts. Initial positive results were observed between 2011 and 2013, when the first school building was opened with two classrooms, three function rooms and sanitary facilities, as well as an initial electricity and water supply. In the following years, we also added computer equipment, a grain mill and a general shop featuring important products. The funding volume of this project amounted to almost €500,000 over a period of ten years.
We have achieved this and much more so far – with your donation!
What we have accomplished – with the support of our dedicated supporters – from 2019 to 2021
- The school was officially recognized as a secondary school
- The school grades 10-12 were added, making it possible for students to achieve a graduate status
- The number of teachers totaled 20, with 4 additional teacher trainees and 2 volunteers for the nursery.
- Construction of a health clinic with maternity ward
- Pupils return to health more quickly and can return to their classes more quickly than before
- Expectant mothers and students’ parents have a shorter distance to travel to receive medicinal care.
- Access and better infrastructure for approximately 15,000 residents in the area
- Lower fatality rate thanks to faster access to provisions
- New construction of a duplex for health clinic nurses
- Much shorter commute for nurses to the clinic
- Guaranteed 24/7 emergency health services for the area and hygienic water supply
Our Sustainability Projects for the Entire Region
The intentions for our sustainability projects:
Construction and Establishment of a Grain Mill
Construction and Establishment of a Village Store
Store constructed to sell school and writing supplies, books, groceries and sanitary supplies to students, teachers, local residents and health clinic patients