Zambia Orphans Aid UK

Who we are

Right now 1.2 million orphans and vulnerable children are living in Zambia and don’t have the support or family structure they need to thrive. Many live in granny or child headed households, scraping by on less than £1.50 a day. Without access to school they face a lifetime of poverty. Zambia Orphans Aid UK partners with grassroots community groups to provide uniforms, books and tuition fees, fund nutritious school meals, help school leavers gain vocational qualifications, give mental health support to those that need it and provide girls with reusable sanitary pads to keep them in the classroom.

You can help us give orphans and vulnerable children the chance to go to school and reach their potential.

Our culture and values

Mission: to break the cycle of poverty for orphans, vulnerable children and young people by empowering communities, improving access to a quality education and providing social and economic support. 

Vision: a Zambia in which all orphans, vulnerable children and young people can achieve their potential.

Values:

1. Respecting - treating everyone with dignity and respect, championing the rights and contribution of all to achieve a fairer world.

2. Inspiring - inspiring in our actions. Uncompromising in our determination to pursue our mission. Creative and agile, we test different approaches to accelerate change.

3. Enabling - collaborating with grassroots groups to enable children and their communities to develop their skills and create sustainable solutions to the challenges they face.

4. Integrity - acting with honesty and conviction. Our actions are accountable to those we work with and those who support us. 

How we work:

Rights-based - together we children and partners we will protect the rights of all children now and for future generations.

Bottom-up approach - we will champion children and their local communities, elevate their voices and make decisions together.

Partnership - we will partner strategically with peers, the private sector and government, mobilising people and institutions to not only change public opinions, policies and laws BUT implement those changes.

Evidence -based decision-making - we will use data, strengthen evidence and utilise technology to improve education standards, healthcare and and protection for children - faster.

Inclusive - we will ensure people of Zambian heritage are involved in decisions-making across the organsiation, finding solutions to the country’s many challenges.

Value for money - we will work with local grassroots partners to enure funds are spent effectively achieving mre for childen for every pound spent