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North Western Province: Zambia

Over the next two years, our North-Western Province project will improve the livelihoods of 12,000 people in the Solwezi and Kasempa districts of North West Zambia by encouraging off-farm enterprise.

Self Help Africa’s work in the North-western Province involves:

• Training rural producers in ways to cultivate a diverse range of crops and look after their livestock. This will provide alternative sources of food and income for families all year round.

• Teaching local farmers to get their crops to markets and make surplus cash, rather than only producing enough to feed their families.

• Training communities in business and entrepreneurship skills so they can move away from only producing one crop.

• Encouraging communities to volunteer and work together even after the project terminates.

• Establishing long-lasting community structures with good links to local partner staff.

We are working with local partners Keepers Zambia Foundation (KZF) and the Ministry of Agriculture. We have worked with KZF since 2001 and with the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO) for over 20 years on a number of projects focusing on sustainable agriculture and seed multiplication in rural areas.

To recieve a full project description please e-mail us, quoting 'Zambia NWP'.
        
Zambia facts
Full name:
Republic of Zambia
Population:11.9 million (UN, 2007)
Capital:Lusaka
Area:752,614 sq km (290,586 sq miles)
Major languages:English (official), Bemba, Lozi, Nyanja, Tonga
Major religions:Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Hinduism, Islam
Life expectancy:42 years (men), 42 years (women) (UN)
GNI per capita:US $490 (World Bank, 2006)