Given equal opportunities, children from vulnerable living conditions, including street children can also improve their conditions and contribute positively to society.

Since 1990, DAPP Children’s Town in rural Malambanyama area of Chibombo district, has supported government’s policy and efforts to remove children from the street by providing them with an environment for growth, care and development through the Youth Academy initiative.

Children’s Town Youth Academy

We work closely with the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services to run the Youth Academy which offers a 2-year transformation and skills training programme targeting street children aged between 15 and 17 from mainly Lusaka and Kabwe districts.

The programme comprises vocational skills in, tailoring, cutting and designing, general agriculture and metal fabrication. These skills are accompanied by literacy, numeracy and business lessons to enable students to apply these skills once reintegrated with their families and communities.

During their stay at the centre, the project actively works with relevant authorities to initiate family tracing for the students to prepare them for reintegration. The project further exposes students to industrial attachments during their second year into the programme. This enables students to appreciate working environment and the real business world.

Children’s Town Primary School

DAPP Children’s Town Primary School works with the Ministry of General Education to provide a unique child-centred, practical and theoretical school programme from Preschool to Grade 11 to pupils from neighbouring communities.

With a pupil population of over 560 children in 2024, the school combines the best of practice and theory lessons to equip learners with skills for their survival beyond the academic knowledge they acquire.

From Grade 7 to 9, pupils choose a vocation between mixed agriculture and modern chef.   

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Project Fullname: Children’s Town Youth Academy and Primary School

Principal Partner(s):  Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, Ministry of Education and Humana People to People, HPP

Location: Mkushi district, Central Province.

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