- Leadership and Organizational Training Projects
Canadian Lutheran World Relief trains small groups, communities and leaders in Zambia to initiate and direct community development projects so that they are sustainable.
Project: Together We Can Do More
Small community groups are the key to effectively addressing issues of poverty. Help create and organize 12 groups so that together they can do more.
Cost: $1,200 is the estimated cost for initiating and training one group.
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Project: Tour of Discovery
Community representatives are given the opportunity to visit local groups to experience how others are engaged in addressing a specific poverty issue. Provide an experience that could change a community.
Cost: $60 is an estimated cost for providing this opportunity for 40 people.
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- Human Rights Projects
Canadian Lutheran World Relief does not currently support any human rights projects in Zambia.
- HIV/AIDS
In Zambia the spread of HIV/AIDS is worsened by poverty, negative cultural beliefs and practices such as widow inheritance, sexual cleansing, and high illiteracy rates in the target areas CLWR works in. The effects of HIV/AIDS are that it mostly affects productive people, increases number of orphans and overburdens health services. In Katete, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) comprise 18% of the population, of which 53% are females and 47% are males.
Canadian Lutheran World Relief supports HIV/AIDS initiatives that involve education prevention and support services to HIV/AIDS affected persons in the Katete area.
Project: Train an HIV/AID Worker
125 people need to be trained annually to facilitate HIV/AIDS prevention programs.
Cost: $50 is the estimated cost of training one HIV/AIDS worker.
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- Health Projects
Canadian Lutheran World Relief supports health initiatives that support basic healthcare services to communities around Katete. It is hoped that these approaches will lead to healthier households.
Project: Wash Disease Away
48 healthcare workers will be trained to lead 48 community health and sanitation sessions, involving 5000 people, that will provide the education necessary to eradicate water-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery and chronic diarrhea…train a healthcare worker to deliver healthy living tips…become part of the team that seeks to eradicate such common diseases as cholera, typhoid, dysentery and chronic diarrhea.
Cost: $6 is the estimated cost of helping one person through a trained healthcare worker.
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- Education Projects
In Zambia Canadian Lutheran World Relief is providing adults and children in Katete area with improved access to basic education and literacy.
Project: Reading and Writing for a Better Future
200 men and women will be educated to read and write in their native Chichewa language. Give an adult the dream of a future through education.
Cost: $20 is the estimated cost of offering one adult the opportunity of education for one year.
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Project: Girls Can Learn Too
100 girls will receive educational support so that they can attend school. Provide a family with the support they need to send their daughter to school too.
Cost: $6 is the estimated cost of covering one child's weekly education.
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Project: Train a Teacher - Build a Nation
Trained teachers continue to be needed due to the HIV/AIDS impact. Help provide the financial support needed to train teachers so that Zambia can continue to address poverty.
Cost: $6 is the estimated cost of paying for one teacher's weekly education.
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- Agricultural Projects
Information will be updated as available.
- Environmental Projects
Information will be updated as available.
- Small Business Projects
Information will be updated as available.
- Gender Equity Projects
Information will be updated as available.
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