DAPP Zambia projects generate conducive spaces for communities to thrive on and create positive change individually and collectively to build resilience and capacities. The knowledge, skills and tools we share, empower people and their families to face and overcome poverty, illiteracy and disease with diligence
Using social media platforms to advertise his second-hand clothes and shoes, Jonathan Sakala of Choma district in Southern province says he has grown his business, and he is able to send his children to school and provide for his family.
DAPP's Alternative to Charcoal helps former charcoal producers to explore other income sources
Local charcoal producers and farmers in Kalumbila and Solwezi districts of North Western province are turning to sustainable livelihoods in a project aimed at reducing local communities' dependence on charcoal and creating resilience for rural farmers through other sources of income.
DAPP Zambiaβs Youth in Action Project brought together over 1,000 young people for its 4th Annual Youth Sports Gala at Kawama Sports Ground in Ndola under the theme- βVictory Beyond the Field: Empowering Youth to Lead, Inspire, and Transform through Sports.
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DAPP Zambia joined other participants at βThe Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024β in calling for increased global funding against Tuberculosis (TB) and other respiratory diseases.
β¦cycling part of the journey as they come face to face with the realities of climate change's impact on communities along the way, planting trees and learning how families are coping.
ββ¦seeing the pride of mother reading a full sentence for her first time, reminded me why teaching every child, especially those in rural areas really matters,β says Chisumo
Retention of teachers in rural areas often faces challenges, with many new teachers flooding education board offices in rural districts in an attempt to get transfers to urban areas, and sometimesβothers do not even report to their rural posts, leaving that rural child without an educator.
A friendship forged in adversityΒ turns into family for two former street children at DAPP Children's Town
When Aaron Lungu (l) ran away from home to live in the streets of Kitwe on the Copperbelt, his mother searched everywhere β including mortuaries at various hospitals for unclaimed bodies in the fear her teenage son had died in the dangerous, unforgiving streets.