WISE supports education, empowerment and economic independence for vulnerable women and children in Zambia through educational, entrepreneurial, and agricultural initiatives.
The people of Western Zambia are warm and welcoming, the children energetic, intelligent, and eager to learn. The lives of these men, women and children are set against a backdrop of poverty and a crushing lack of opportunity. Western Zambia is one of the poorest regions of sub-Saharan Africa, with one of the highest rates of female child marriage and little else but subsistence farming to live on.
Despite these insurmountable odds, the women and children of Zambia show infectious optimism and perseverance that inspire us at WISE to do our bit to create economic opportunities through education, agriculture and entrepreneurial training.
For most students in the Province, education ends at the 7th grade. We give high school scholarships for at-risk, vulnerable students in remote villages, but we don’t stop there; we follow these students through post-secondary school, until they are truly self-sufficient and able to give back to their families and communities.
Our model works. Vulnerable children from remote villages in Zambia, facing the prospect of never completing school and being married well before the age of 18, are now heading to universities to pursue the professions of their choosing. Families are able to have sufficient income to send their younger children to school. And we are just getting started. We invite you to read more about our work and explore ways you can help.
Gift, in her own words: “I am a double orphan and found it very difficult to complete my secondary education, but with the intervention of WISE, my hope was rekindled.
Read MoreWhat happens when your father leaves your mother and 6 siblings? If you have drive and dreams, you overcome — with the help of family, friends and community.
Read MorePelekelo lived an hour and a half walk from the nearest village and even had to cross a river with crocodiles.
Read MoreCurrently in Secondary School
Secondary School Graduates
Students in College
Teachers Trained
Students Impacted
Wise Zambia’s prime objective: ensure that every WISE Zambia scholar can achieve her or his full potential! That cannot be done from the classroom alone.
READ MOREA library. A computer center. A science lab. Pre-college courses. All staples of a modern high school.
READ MOREHer water is drawn from a natural flowing stream she shares with wild and domesticated animals.
READ MOREUS: Phone: 1-480-296-1942 [email protected]
Zambia: Phone: +260 96 1814990 [email protected]
WISE Zambia is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Federal Tax ID# 41-2141986. WISE Zambia is a registered Zambia non-governmental organization, Tax No. 1019286370
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