As the cock crows and another day dawns, I luxuriate in the knowledge that I have another 15 minutes before I need to get up. My thin mattress laid out on the concrete floor is every bit as sleep enhancing as its thick, padded and well-sprung equivalent back home. Some of the girls I am […]
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African Culture: Indecent Dressing
You may have seen in the media a few weeks ago a story about The University of Zambia and complaints about perceived indecent clothing worn by female students. One of our ambassadors, Chabota, recently wrote a piece voicing his opinion on the subject. As always, we welcome respectful debate around the issue. One person’s view […]
Governance and Leadership
Governance determines how a society functions. Improved governance is about creating a perfect society, a transparency society, that is free of corruption has a strong framework and is accountable. The question of improved governance really is a question of leadership. The world can only be transformed by enlightened leaders and is about the manner in […]
African Culture
My heart bleeds when I see families being torn apart. I am always troubled to see children in society with no place to stay. I ask myself one question: “don’t these children have a place where they belong?” The family institute has been broken. Family members or relatives no longer support each other. There is […]
Meet Our Scholars and Ambassadors
As part of our thread introducing our scholars and ambassadors, here they all are in one place with a few words about them and our work. Benadette Nanyangwe: Ambassador for Social ChangeBenadette would like to be a nurse, but it isn’t easy in Zambia to be able to afford the training. A very determined young […]
Quality Education
Written by Chris Kaumba As an African, I’m not blind to the problems we face; I’m not blind to my needs and those of my kind. Many though, these problems are, I wish to talk about one: THE QUALITY OF MY COUNTRY’S EDUCATION! Much cogitation is going through my mind as I see little fellows […]