Category: Education

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July 13, 2021

NCD alliances awarded US$335,000 grants from CSSF on NCDs and covid -19


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By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda NINETEEN 19 civil society alliances from Africa, Asia, Europe, Eastern Mediterranean and Latin America and the Caribbean, including the Zambia Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (ZANOCODA), have been awarded grants to accelerate the response to the coronavirus pandemic through the first Civil Society Solidarity Fund on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Coronavirus (covid -19),now in its second year. NCD Alliance President Anne Lise Ryel pegged the total 2021 Solidarity Funds at US$335,000 or competitively recipients of the grants got up to US$15,000. Said Anne Lise Ryel : “The covid -19 pandemic has placed many challenges on...

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July 9, 2021

CHILDREN’S RIGHTS MUST BE ON TOP OF THE ELECTION AGENDA


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Joining Forces Lusaka Press Statement Thursday 2nd July, 2021 By Jo Musonda Zambia Country Director Save the Children International AS the nation draws closer to the August 12th General Election, we are concerned about the lack of prioritization of children’s issues on the election agenda. The Joining Forces Alliance calls for those aspiring for political office to clearly outline the plans they have to address issues affecting the Zambian children. In line with the agenda 2040, we want to hear how those aspiring for public office at various levels will ensure that we have a nation that is fit for children....

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July 9, 2021

How Zambia can combat deforestation?


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By Alain Kabinda CLIMATE change is one of the greatest challenges humanity is facing, and is predicted to become the biggest single driver of biodiversity loss over the next 50-100 years, larger than loss of habitat, over-exploitation, and introduction of invasive species. According to the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA), global climate change is being defined as a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years, which may be a change in average weather conditions or the distributions of events around that average. In 1992, the international community...

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July 8, 2021

MEPhI holds first graduation ceremony for students from Zambia


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MEPhI holds first graduation ceremony for students from Zambia ON July 6, 15 Zambian graduates from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) received their BA diplomas. The ceremony took place at the Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering. This is the first time a group of students from Zambia graduate from a Russian university as nuclear energy specialists. The graduates in field of nuclear power and thermophysics were: Mabvuto Banda, Richard Vlahakis, Thandiwe Zulu, Chabala Kalenga, Machona Mbahwe, Nchimunya Mwiinga, Bertha Mumba, Morris Mungwalubilo, Mwenya Nachela, Mary Ngoma, Gershom Ngosa, Astony Katongo Nkausu, Victor Simangolwa, Humphery Simwinga, Taonga Chilambo. Among...

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July 5, 2021

UPND’s Batuke Imenda and Gary Nkombo protest over ECZ ballot printing witness red tape


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By Pamela Mulenga and Derrick Sinjela United Party for National Development (UPND) Secretary General Batuke Imenda and Chairperson for Elections Gary Nkombo are still struggling to break through a rigorous United Arab Emirates (UAE) visa approval to witness printing of ballot papers in Dubai. In a Monday Commencement of Printing of the 2021 General Election Ballot Papers Media Statement, ECZ Corporate Affairs Manager Patricia Luhanga in confirming commencement of printing of ballot papers, said the process will end on Friday 30th July, 2021. Ms. Luhanga said the Electoral Body Commission has accredited the 19 applicants but only the PF have...

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June 27, 2021

Development must reach all citizens, demands UPPZ President Charles Chanda     


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     …it is wrong to spend all borrowed money in Lusaka By Derrick Sinjela in Kasama, Northern Province United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda says Zambian dream of a nation that in holistically united with regard to nutrition, regretting that most of the US$12 billion the country owners international lender is developing Lusaka. Mr. Chanda is aggrieved that politicians sitting comfortably in offices in Lusaka are enriching themselves handsomely at the expense of civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors, ordinary peasant farmers, small scale entrepreneurs, law enforcement officers and the military. During a double-header interactive early morning...

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June 27, 2021

Joseph Mwansa’s The Source Book Launched and Live


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Greetings to you, Firstly, thank you for all the reviews I received for The Source. I am truly humbled and grateful. I want to apologize for the delay in publishing, I had some issues with getting the paperback approved by Amazon. You can get a paperback copy for yourself by visiting: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B097TN4ZRJ To get yourself a copy and donate to someone who can’t afford please visit: www.the-source.com The Community book launch update The launch we had in Zambia was really successful and the kids loved it. Check out the attached pictures. You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/Vjmy_qOWJq8 Thank...

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June 25, 2021

Charles Chanda’s UPPZ 15-point solution will revive Zambia’s poor economy


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By Derrick Sinjela in Mansa, Luapula Province In a Saturday 26th June 2021, only 47 days’ remain before Thursday 12th August 2021, when United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda will be voted as the Seventh (7th) Republican President of Zambia. Backed by Running Mate, Simon Katimba Mbulu, Mr. Chanda  reiterates that  the UPPZ Government will constitutionally each Zambian a piece of land from Friday 13th August 2022, as citizenship is meaningless once one lacks such an inalienable privilege. As a practical citizen, years before seeking office, Chanda has effectively alleviated housing poverty, through implementing access to affordable...

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June 20, 2021

‘I am a beneficiary of Dr Kaunda’s Legacy on Education’ UPPZ President Charles Chanda pays tribute to KK


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…as UPPZ vows to introduce Grade 1 to Grade 9 Religious and Moral Studies By Derrick Sinjela in Mansa, Luapula Province Central Province UNITED Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia leader Charles Chanda attributes former First Republican President, the late Dr. Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda’s humble background as a basis upon the United National Independence Party (UNIP) free education policies were built. Mr. Chanda nostalgically recollects that during his 27-year-rule as Head of State and Government, Dr. Kaunda did not compromise on a policy decision to provide education to every child and citizen regardless on once situation in life. The UPPZ leader...

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June 20, 2021

UPPZ’s Charles Chanda backs burying KK next to Betty Kaunda


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By Derrick Sinjela in Mansa, Luapula Province Central Province United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has backed a decision by former First Republican President Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda to bury the late nonagenarian leader next to wife, Beatrice Kaweche Banda at their Lusaka State Lodge residence. In a Sunday 20th June Facebook Post Media Statement, a grieving Mr. Chanda expressed a desire that the Zambian Government, through Secretary to the Cabinet, Dr. Simon K Miti will heed the best wishes of the Kaunda family. Chanda, an ordained pastor, currently seeking to be elected as Zambia’s Seventh (7th)...

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