Thank you so so much to those of you who have already donated - we're a third of the way to our target in just under a week! PTL!
Kaniki is 12km from the nearest town, Ndola, Zambia. It is within a few hundred metres of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Unemployment is high and many families can’t provide for the basic needs of their children. HIV/AIDS is a huge problem, with almost 50% of the adult population in the immediate area infected with the disease. This has led to a missing generation with many children left orphaned and being brought up by either grandparents or their older siblings. With such immediate needs education is often considered a low priority which means that many people are unable to read and write. Children growing up here have little to aspire to when they look at the poverty which surrounds them.
For the last 12 or so years a project has been run from Kaniki Bible University College that have been providing for some of the most needy children in the area. The Kaniki Orphans Project (KOP) currently supports just over 300 orphans, paying for their school fees, uniforms, books and food. We encourage and support them along with any family members within their home environment. Within Zambian culture family is important and so we do not want children to be separated from their few surviving relatives. However we have become increasingly aware that paying children’s school fees in the current system is not enough.
It was in 2011 that ideas of starting a school started to fill our minds. As part of KOP we work relatively closely with the only local school in the area. It became apparent that many of the children were failing in school because of lack of English and huge class sizes. The school has over 1400 pupils and just 17 teachers. Many children go to school hungry and the teaching they receive is substandard– the problems are so complex that there is no easy solution for the school.
Having been teachers in the UK, we know that education needs to be holistic and cater for all the individual needs of pupils – something which the Zambian system does not leave room for. We are going to start a school in conjunction with KOP that will provide holistic education for children in an environment which makes them feel valued, safe and secure, where they are able to develop and reach their potential and help them out of the poverty cycle so many Zambians are trapped in.
Class sizes will be limited to a maximum size of 20, teaching and understanding of English will be given top priority and we will ensure the children are given at least one good meal each day. The school plans to open to its first year group in September 2013. Adding an additional year group every subsequent year.
We have received most of the needed funding for the school building itself, but until 13th April did not know where we would find land. The perfect opportunity has arisen and we have been able to pay the 10% deposit because of this week’s donations. The plot of land is adjacent to Kaniki Bible University College and is 3.5 hectares (35,000m2). The price was negotiated down to K95,000,000 (that’s 95 million Kwacha or £12, 667). This is actually a good price for such a large area of land and will enable the school to be built in the ideal location. However, we have just a few weeks left to raise the rest of the money needed to secure the land!
In a little less than a week we have raised £4434 (praise the Lord!!!!!) – so we’re a third of the way there! We need this momentum of giving to continue until we have the amount we need. We have until May 16th to raise the remaining money and have it paid into the account, details of which are below.
To donate money, please pay into the following UK account;
Name – KANIKI BIBLE COLLEGE
Acc.no – 50086517
Sort Code – 20-08-44
Branch – Birmingham Kings Heath
Mark ‘land’ for reference
Donations of all sizes are welcome but they are needed urgently. One way you can help us raise the money is by selling off metre squares of land for 40p+ each to your friends, family, work colleagues, or classes if you’re a school teacher etc. Contact us (via the ‘get involved’ tab on this website) for a copy of the land grid to record people’s names who have bought metre squares and receipt tokens for those who would appreciate something showing that they’ve purchased some land to build a school for vulnerable children in Zambia.
Each person that buys one or more squares of land will have their name logged and kept within the school in Zambia alongside all those who have helped make this school possible.
PLEASE HELP US GAIN MORE GROUND!!
Kaniki is 12km from the nearest town, Ndola, Zambia. It is within a few hundred metres of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Unemployment is high and many families can’t provide for the basic needs of their children. HIV/AIDS is a huge problem, with almost 50% of the adult population in the immediate area infected with the disease. This has led to a missing generation with many children left orphaned and being brought up by either grandparents or their older siblings. With such immediate needs education is often considered a low priority which means that many people are unable to read and write. Children growing up here have little to aspire to when they look at the poverty which surrounds them.
For the last 12 or so years a project has been run from Kaniki Bible University College that have been providing for some of the most needy children in the area. The Kaniki Orphans Project (KOP) currently supports just over 300 orphans, paying for their school fees, uniforms, books and food. We encourage and support them along with any family members within their home environment. Within Zambian culture family is important and so we do not want children to be separated from their few surviving relatives. However we have become increasingly aware that paying children’s school fees in the current system is not enough.
It was in 2011 that ideas of starting a school started to fill our minds. As part of KOP we work relatively closely with the only local school in the area. It became apparent that many of the children were failing in school because of lack of English and huge class sizes. The school has over 1400 pupils and just 17 teachers. Many children go to school hungry and the teaching they receive is substandard– the problems are so complex that there is no easy solution for the school.
Having been teachers in the UK, we know that education needs to be holistic and cater for all the individual needs of pupils – something which the Zambian system does not leave room for. We are going to start a school in conjunction with KOP that will provide holistic education for children in an environment which makes them feel valued, safe and secure, where they are able to develop and reach their potential and help them out of the poverty cycle so many Zambians are trapped in.
Class sizes will be limited to a maximum size of 20, teaching and understanding of English will be given top priority and we will ensure the children are given at least one good meal each day. The school plans to open to its first year group in September 2013. Adding an additional year group every subsequent year.
We have received most of the needed funding for the school building itself, but until 13th April did not know where we would find land. The perfect opportunity has arisen and we have been able to pay the 10% deposit because of this week’s donations. The plot of land is adjacent to Kaniki Bible University College and is 3.5 hectares (35,000m2). The price was negotiated down to K95,000,000 (that’s 95 million Kwacha or £12, 667). This is actually a good price for such a large area of land and will enable the school to be built in the ideal location. However, we have just a few weeks left to raise the rest of the money needed to secure the land!
In a little less than a week we have raised £4434 (praise the Lord!!!!!) – so we’re a third of the way there! We need this momentum of giving to continue until we have the amount we need. We have until May 16th to raise the remaining money and have it paid into the account, details of which are below.
To donate money, please pay into the following UK account;
Name – KANIKI BIBLE COLLEGE
Acc.no – 50086517
Sort Code – 20-08-44
Branch – Birmingham Kings Heath
Mark ‘land’ for reference
Donations of all sizes are welcome but they are needed urgently. One way you can help us raise the money is by selling off metre squares of land for 40p+ each to your friends, family, work colleagues, or classes if you’re a school teacher etc. Contact us (via the ‘get involved’ tab on this website) for a copy of the land grid to record people’s names who have bought metre squares and receipt tokens for those who would appreciate something showing that they’ve purchased some land to build a school for vulnerable children in Zambia.
Each person that buys one or more squares of land will have their name logged and kept within the school in Zambia alongside all those who have helped make this school possible.
PLEASE HELP US GAIN MORE GROUND!!
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