Welcome to The Dambwa Trust School
With support from The Inouye Family Foundation, The Dambwa Trust School educates orphans and vulnerable children in Livingstone, Zambia, many who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS.
About the school:
- Founded in 2003 when members of a Dambwa neighborhood church noticed children living on the streets, or with relatives or friends, & not attending school.
- Begun as a volunteer effort, the school now employs eleven teachers & staff, assisted by African Impact volunteers.
- The school educates 200+ children from nursery school through grade seven.
- Enrollment is voluntary and free, and students are eager to attend.
- This year, 100% of the school's 7th graders passed Zambia's rigorous exams to advance to high school.
- The school now receives additional support from Zambian NGO's such as ZINGO and CHAZ, and from the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Church in Dambwa.
FYI: About Livingstone, Zambia
Victoria Falls
ZAMBIA:
http://www.zambiatourism.com/about-zambia
LIVINGSTONE: Livingstone is a tourism center for Victoria Falls, the Zambezi River, and surrounding wildlife preserves. It is a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe and Botswana. An historic British colonial city, its present population, including the surrounding area, is approximately 150,000 inhabitants. It is a thriving tourism destination and a market place for many surrounding rural villages.
- Population 13,089,000
- Life expectancy 49 years
- More than half of Zambians are unemployed, and more than 82% live in extreme poverty.
- Food insecurity threatens the health of many children. Chronic malnutrition rates are high, with almost half of children under the age of 5 affected by stunting.
- The widespread HIV and AIDS pandemic continues in Zambia. More than 1.1 million people live with the disease, and at least 600,000 children have lost one or both parents to this disease.
- The official language of Zambia is English, though more than 70 tribal ethnicities, many with their own languages & dialects, coexist.
- Zambia has had a stable democratic government since 1964 when it gained independence from Great Britain.
- Literacy and education are highly valued by Zambian people, and going to school is a priority for all children.
http://www.zambiatourism.com/about-zambia
LIVINGSTONE: Livingstone is a tourism center for Victoria Falls, the Zambezi River, and surrounding wildlife preserves. It is a border town with road and rail connections to Zimbabwe and Botswana. An historic British colonial city, its present population, including the surrounding area, is approximately 150,000 inhabitants. It is a thriving tourism destination and a market place for many surrounding rural villages.
Views of Livingstone and the surrounding area
