The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2022: ZOA-UK NEEDS YOU!
Double your impact! ZOA-UK has been selected as a charity partner for The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge 2022. The Big Give is an online fundraising campaign running from midday on 29 November to midday on 6 December 2022. This is the UK’s biggest match funding campaign and has raised millions of pounds for thousands of charities since […]
Running, Cared
Introducing Steve Andrews, a keen runner who is raising funds for ZOA-UK with every step he takes. He is currently in training for the London Marathon, which takes place in October 2022. We talked to him about what he’s taking on and his motivation. Hi Steve! Can you describe your challenge and how you feel […]
NEW PARTNER, NEW APPEAL, NEW DESKS…
ZOA’s newest grassroots partner, Twatasha Community School, was set up because there were insufficient state school places in the peri-urban district of Kafue accessible to children with disabilities. Twatasha is an inclusive school which provides an opportunity for disabled children to learn alongside their non-disabled peers. This breaks down shame around disability whilst ensuring all […]
COVID-19 lockdowns increased teenage pregnancies in Zambia
Lockdowns and other restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus crisis have led to a rise in teenage pregnancies in Zambia. Aid organisations, including ZOA, warn of a regression in girls’ rights. Girls are much more vulnerable to sexual abuse without the safety structures provided by schools. It is estimated that school closures during crises can lead […]
Read our Annual report
Find out where our money comes from, how we spend it and meet some of the orphans and vulnerable children we support. At the heart of everything ZOA does is our commitment to give orphans and other vulnerable children in Zambia the tools to transform their lives. It’s been a difficult year, for the entire […]
Catch up with venansio
Venansio Kabwe tells ZOA why he’s decided to organise a sponsored walk to raise money for ZOA “We’ve all been locked up for too long because of coronavirus so this is an opportunity for like-minded people to get together, have good conversations in a beautiful location and at the same time raise money for those […]
Charity walk in aid of ZOA
Love to walk? Live near Leeds? Would like to support vulnerable children in Zambia? Why not join a 10km sponsored walk around Eccup Reservoir in aid of ZOA on 29 August 2021? Walkers are meeting at The Lord Darcy, 618 Harrogate Road, Leeds LS17 8EH at 9.30am. For more information please contact Venansio at vmkabwe@gmail.com
ZOA pays tribute to Dr Kenneth Kaunda
ZOA joins the rest of Zambia in mourning Dr Kenneth Kaunda who has died at the age of 97. After Kaunda left Zambia’s presidential office in 1991, having been the first Zambian President of the Republic of Zambia, he became deeply involved in the fight against HIV in Zambia and across Africa, the disease that […]
Hear from our new chair of trustees
Q and A with Garnet Mulomo, our new chair of trustees. Can you tell us a bit about your childhood in Zambia and your education? I was born in Chingola, a small mining town up on the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. My dad was a miner and my mum was a primary school teacher. I […]
The far reaching impact of COVID-19 on already vulnerable communities
It’s almost a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and no community or organisation has been spared the brutal economic and social impact.