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Varkey Foundation-Instructional Leadership Training, Uganda

Varkey Foundation-Instructional Leadership Training, Uganda

Low-Cost, High-Impact Teacher Training The Varkey Foundation designed the ‘Instructional Leadership Programme’ a low-cost training, high impact programme that addresses the issue of teacher quality. The 5-day intensive face to face course, aimed at school principals and senior management team members, focuses on the skills required to improve pedagogy within the school and includes an embedded “train-the-trainer” course so principals can cascade their learning to teachers at their schools. Building on the success of the Instructional Leadership Programme, and to maximise the sustainability and embed the impact of our interventions, we have since broadened the scope of the project:  Training...

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) to partner on health and hygiene initiatives in Zambia.

Reckitt Benckiser (RB) to partner on health and hygiene initiatives in Zambia.

By Tranica Gurcharan Media Release August 2017 Johannesburg – A high-level conference in Lusaka, Zambia, has focused on common symptoms in women and children. With a focus on heartburn and acid reflux in pregnancy and fever in children, Zambia’s first Healthcare for Women and Children Conference 2017 was staged at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka last week. Zambia, with the 4th-highest fertility rate in the world at 5.28 births per woman, also has an exceptionally young population, with around half of citizens under the age of 15, according to the 2013-14 Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS). Malaria is a major...

SanDance! And the Kuru Dance Festival: Promoting and Celebrating Indigenous Culture Thursday, Aug 10th, 2017

SanDance! And the Kuru Dance Festival: Promoting and Celebrating Indigenous Culture Thursday, Aug 10th, 2017

In the face of cultural and social erosion and erasure, the San continue to hold fast to the traditions, dances and ancient songs which form the core of their identity as a people. By Delme Cupido | August 10th, 2017 In 2016, the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Programme of OSISA, in collaboration with the Youth, Arts and Culture Initiative, provided a grant to renowned filmmaker to document the 2017 Kuru Dance Festival. The Kuru Dance Festival is the largest gathering of San communities in southern Africa and has played a critical role in preserving and revitalising a culture that continues to be under threat in an,...

Zambian Chiefs ‘Girls Education’ Champions cheer ZOCS’s Cleopatra Chona-Muma

Zambian Chiefs ‘Girls Education’ Champions cheer ZOCS’s Cleopatra Chona-Muma

By Jessie Zimba in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Open Community Schools (ZOCS) Programme and Advocacy Manager Cleopatra Chona-Muma has commended Zambian Chiefs for their active participation in championing girls’ education in their villages. Mrs. Muma disclosed that Chief Singani of the Southern Province has set up measures in his village to promote educating children especially the girl child. Mrs. Muma expressed delight following positive participation in interventions spearheaded through ZOCS Programme championing girls education in Zambia. Said an appreciative Mrs. Muma:“If you visit Chief Singani, you will see how households have been sensitized and those that have married out young girls...

Emigration and food insecurity in Central American ‘dry corridor’ focus of new UN-backed study

Emigration and food insecurity in Central American ‘dry corridor’ focus of new UN-backed study

A new inter-agency study released today found a correlation between prolonged droughts in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – exacerbated by El Niño phenomenon from 2014 to 2016 – and the increase in irregular migration from these countries to the United States, the United Nations food relief agency reported. “The study provides an important insight into why people flee and the impact on the family members staying behind,” said World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Miguel Barreto. “It is perhaps this second aspect which makes this study stand out from much of the analysis...

KAMANGA TOURS NEW LOOK WOODLANDS STADIUM

KAMANGA TOURS NEW LOOK WOODLANDS STADIUM

By FAZ Communications Team Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Andrew Kamanga had an appreciation of the uplifted Woodlands Stadium. Kamanga led a team from secretariat to have an on the ground feel of the refurbished Woodlands Stadium that has made the home of City of Lusaka Football Club one of the envied structures in the super division. Majority shareholder in City of Lusaka Football Club Diego Cassilli joined the conducted tour around the new look facility. With Zambia keeping an eye of hosting major tournaments infrastructure development ranks highly on the FAZ ladder. The FAZ media team shares images...

Lusaka’s Woodlands Stadium hosts SUPERSPORT Bola Yapa Zed Saturday, 26 and Sunday 27th August 2017

Lusaka’s Woodlands Stadium hosts SUPERSPORT Bola Yapa Zed Saturday, 26 and Sunday 27th August 2017

By Marlon Kananda Operations Manager – Southern Africa T: +260211368370 SUPERSPORT the world of Champions this week brings to you Bola Yapa Zed with a mouth watering double header on Saturday, August 26 and Sunday 27th in Lusaka. Bola Yapa Zed thriller will begin with the World of Champions bringing excitement from Sunset Stadium where Lusaka Dynamos will face Green Eagles in the opening fixture of the day. In the second match, defending Champions Zanaco will be up against Nchanga Rangers. Lusaka Dynamos seated 4th  on the log with 42 points will play host to the Choma based outfit, Green Eagles. This is a must watch game as the 13th placed Eagles travel to...

Ndola Rural Kuchiwala Villagers complain of ‘Water Blues’

Ndola Rural Kuchiwala Villagers complain of ‘Water Blues’

By Tendai Posiana in Ndola Rural, Copperbelt Province FOLLOWING a decision by Zambezi Portland Cement Limited to relocate over 300 people occupying land acquired by the firm, in 2015, communities complain that sanitation is still deplorable as depicted by water being consumed for among 129 households, animal grazing and farming, two years after being displaced. A community representative and former headman, Mwansa Chanda lamented in an interview with a Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection Media Site Visit on Enhancing Public Resource Governance in Kuchilengwa Village in Kwachiwala area of Ndola Rural, Copperbelt Province of grappling in water blues Wednesday 23rd...

UN releases $2.5 million from pooled fund to tackle energy crisis in Gaza

UN releases $2.5 million from pooled fund to tackle energy crisis in Gaza

With Gaza entering its fourth month of a serious energy crisis, the United Nations today released a further $2.5 million from a pooled humanitarian fund to cover urgent needs in the Palestinian enclave. “The serious decline in living conditions in Gaza continues,” said UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities for the occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), Robert Piper, in a press release. The disbursement from the Humanitarian Fund for the oPt will bolster the UN’s emergency fuel operation which primarily supplies fuel to generators to maintain operations in around 190 critical health, water and sanitation installations. Virtually all the two million...

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