Zambia
“CoLaborers Zambia” is Zambian-led nonprofit registered under the Ministry of Community Development. We serve under-resourced communities by assisting locally-led organizations with an emphasis on youth ministry, education, drug and alcohol counseling, and food relief. We have been working in Zambia since 2012.
50%
The population of Zambia that is under 18 years old. The majority of our programming is assisting youth.
60%
The percent of citizens who live below the poverty line, with significant challenges in rural areas regarding sanitation and clean water access.
72
The number of tribes in Zambia, with a rich exchange of cultural arts between them - including wood carving, gourd art, drum circles, basket weaving, dance, painting, recycled art, rock art, and more.
Intern
Serve as a student intern working in NGOs, government orgs, and faith-based groups we assist in your area of study.
Professional Development
Serve as a professional offering trainings in your area of expertise.
Sponsor a child
Sponsor a child to help open consistent access to school, nutritious food, and a safe place to grow.
Program Areas
Zambia Staff
Our branch is led entirely by Zambian staff who lead our child sponsorship program, outreaches, drug and alcohol trainings, food relief, and intern programs as well as personally volunteer each week with local organizations. We have more than 40 organizations in our network.
Rural Child Sponsorship Program
Many of the children in our program come from impoverished communities in rural areas. Meet individual children to sponsor or donate to overall program support for child home visits and our mentoring program.
Support Food Relief
Zambia sits on the equator. Half of the year is dry season and half of the year is wet season. With climate instability, we have seen increasing droughts and floods each year, often leaving rural areas on the brink of starvation. Your giving provides needed meal kits to families.
Drug and Alcohol Counseling
Addiction impacts every community around the globe. Zambia is no different in that respect. Chipo, Nanyemba, Hjordis & Melissa of CoLaborers International share about an evidence-based drug and alcohol counseling curriculum studied and used specifically in Zambia. Your donation supports our ability to help people struggling with addiction.
Capacity Building
CoLaborers International has given professional trainings for Zambian-led organizations to increase their capacity in various areas – such as in small business skills, in drug and alcohol curriculum, in seamstress skills, in carpentry, and in a specially developed education curriculum for street children.
If you would like to offer a training in your area of expertise, please get in touch.
Since 2018, we have been providing drug and alcohol counseling training using “Literacy-Free 12 Step Expressive Arts Therapy” as endorsed by the Ministry of Health and Drug Enforcement Commission. To date, we have trained more than 60 organizations in these culturally specific, evidence based materials.
Support our programming
Your generosity funds the child sponsorship program, outreaches, drug and alcohol trainings, emergency food relief, intern programs, and the staff who oversee this critical work.