The School Club ZambiaAnnual Report 2014

UK Registered Charity: 1155829 Zambian NGO Registration: RINGO/101/0153/14

The School Club Zambia’s vision is for a Zambia where every child has access to high quality, vocational and relevant education. A Zambia where education leads to job security and life opportunities for the nation's youth.

“Every child that slips through the education system without acquiring the basic skills to create employment for themselves as well as others, is a wasted opportunity for the continued social, economic and social development of Zambia. Entrepreneurs aren’t born entrepreneurs, they need to be nurtured and their education needs to be invested in.” Lois Cochrane, Co- Founder

SCZ’s impact in 2014K18,500 (£1,800) generated by 3 school-run enterprises (a tailoring centre; chicken rearing business and organic garden)

Over 1,000 pupils benefited from vocational education opportunities in tailoring, organic agriculture and chicken rearing

1,050 pupils benefited from additional school resources purchased from their school’s self-generated income

3 school Enterprise Committees received training in market research; financial controls and record keeping as well as product development

Literacy development materials distributed to 3 schools impacting 1,350 pupils

One borehole drilled, with pump and tap fitted. This brought safe clean water to a community for the first time in 7 years and water through a new drip-irrigation system to the school’s garden!

Inspiring pupils and teachers alike to reach their full potential!

Policies and ProceduresCode of Good Practice

The School Club Zambia’s ‘Code of Good Practice’ is a set of standards and guidelines aimed at ensuring that

staff, volunteers and partners working with SCZ have a positive impact on projects and local communities. This

policy includes guidance pertaining to cultural respect, donations and giving, photography and filming, laws and

children.

Child Protection Policy

Our Child Protection Policy (CPP) requires that SCZ staff, volunteers and partners as well as anyone interacting

with children in cooperation with the organisation, read, sign and abide by a strict !code of conduct. This

document outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviour, and covers our core values, guidance on bribery,

donations and charitable contributions as well as a procedure for reporting concerns.

Community Involvement Policy

The School Club Zambia believes that community involvement should be paramount when implementing,

monitoring and evaluating all projects. This policy sets out the organisation’s values !regarding community

involvement and describes the steps that are and will be taken in order to achieve these.

Anti-Bribery Policy

As a not for profit organisation we consider it of great importance to implement a policy regarding bribery and

corruption. This policy applies to all individual and companies working with the School Club Zambia.

Case StudyChimunya was one of the first members of Young Farmers Club at Kariba South Primary School in rural Sinazongwe District.

The members of Young Farmers Club met three times a month in 2014 for organic agriculture workshops led by Fiat, SCZ’s Agricultural Technician. The 80 minute workshops were split between theoretical lessons in the classroom and practical work in the school’s garden.

Chimunya started her own garden at home as a result of her training through Young Farmers Club. Farming is uncommon in her village due to a reliance on fishing from Lake Kariba. However, Chimunya has become an inspiration to her friends and family alike, as she teaches them what she has learnt in the club. Chimunya currently makes K200 a month from her garden which she uses to pay her school fees and buy books!

Case Study‘Many schools have closed down due to lack of money to sustain themselves, therefore starting businesses for the school make it self sustainable’. Febian, Founder of Kampasa School for OVCs

Febian is the founder of Kampasa School for Orphan and Vulnerable Children, one of the first schools to partner with the School Club Zambia in early 2013.

A former teacher by profession, Febian is also one of Zambia’s most un-sung social entrepreneurs. Kampasa’s school building was formerly a successful nightclub in the heaving compound of John Laing in Lusaka. After realising the harmful social impact the nightclub was having on his community, Febian made the life-changing decision to close the club. A year later in 2010, the building was turned into a school to cater for the community’s swelling number of out of school children. Febian has not once regretted his decision and year after year the school begins to offer more essential services like free eye tests and literacy classes for vulnerable women.

Kampasa made a profit of K12,000 in 2014 from their chicken-rearing business which helped to pay for two teacher’s salaries and set the school on the path to self-sustainability.

Case StudySaviour is the lead tailor at Kariba South Primary School and the lady responsible for marketing and maintaining quality in all of the school’s products.

Since SCZ started the centre in 2012 in collaboration with Baraka Community Partnerships it has become a thriving hub in the village for locally made goods such as dresses, doormats and quilted sheets!

The Tailoring Centre’s main source of income comes from making uniforms for Kariba South pupils and three neighbouring schools. A demand for cheap children’s school bags also led to Saviour developing a range of backpacks for the children which she lines with disused cements bags. The bags are sold for K15 (£1.50) and are extremely durable and environmentally friendly!

As part of SCZ’s technical support package to the business, a comprehensive marketing plan was developed which included distributing bags for tourists all across Zambia. Kariba South’s most popular products of aprons and chitenge bags can be found in Lusaka Backpackers and JollyBoys Backpackers in Livingstone.

Our team, supporters and partnersIn 2014 we have had the pleasure of working with and being supported by a wide-range of exceptional individuals, organisations and businesses.

 We would like to thank donors and partners including Accounting for International Development (AFiD); the Ashworth

Charitable Trust; Baraka Community Partnerships; Best of Bikes; Engineers without Borders (Canada); Draco

Enterprises; the Herrod Foundation; Indeco Fund UK; Kariba Bush Club; The Restaurant Group PLC; Startup Generation

(Canada); Sussi and Chuma Sanctuary Retreats; Teach a Man to Fish (UK); TSB Thompson and Zongwe Farming

Enterprises for their unwavering support.

 Our thanks also extend to those who gave one off or monthly donations and held fundraising events. While we keep our costs as low as possible, we are grateful to our many supporters - our work would not be possible without you!  Finally we wish to thank our amazing staff, volunteers and both the UK and Zambian Boards for their hard work and dedication to SCZ over the last year. Offering a vast range of academic, social, business and financial expertise and a

unanimous passion for qualitative and relevant education opportunities for vulnerable Zambian children, we are

especially grateful for their contribution. Thank you!