Seed: Students for Education Empowerment and Development

Zambia


In Zambia, SEED works with the Kondwa Day Centre for Orphans, a pre-school that provides early childhood education and two meals a day for Zambian orphans. Through its programs, the centre has facilitated the entry of 250 orphans into various grades at local Government, Private, and Community schools and continues to source the funds for their school requirements. The Centre also assists 18 Orphaned and/or Vulnerable Children (OVC) from Ng’ombe with school requirements and fees for those in higher grades. In addition, the Kondwa Centre acts as a gathering place for community groups and projects, including a support group for people living with HIV/AIDS.


Kondwa has a volunteer staff that strives to provide the children enrolled at the centre with happiness, love and care, as well as the physical, social and spiritual attention that they need. SEED’s overseas partner and board member Ms. Angela Malik founded the Kondwa Centre in 2000, and is responsible for the distribution of SEED Scholarship funds to the students who are graduating from Kondwa and attending primary school in the surrounding areas. Although Angela’s contribution is voluntary, SEED also employs a member of the local community, Mr. Paul Malik, to assist in the collection of student profiles, grades, and financial reports.


The Kondwa Centre is situated in the Ng’ombe Compound, which is one of the poorest residential areas in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital. The population of the compound is approximately twenty thousand. Ng’ombe suffers from symptoms of extremely high rates of poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS and related illnesses, especially Tuberculosis. The Kondwa Centre and other educational facilities in the compound provide students with opportunities to dream, be nourished, have access to medical care, spiritual guidance, counselling services, simple recreation, and loving and caring guardians.


Kenya


In Kenya, SEED works with Community Support Group (CSG), an apolitical volunteer organization comprised of several dedicated individuals who are committed to supporting community development in the Kibera Slums of Nairobi, as well as in the rural area of Ukwala. CSG is one of the many community groups active in these areas, and works on issues such as environment and sanitation, waste management, HIV/AIDS awareness, counselling and testing, domestic violence, education, and unemployment. In partnership with the Matibabu Foundation, CSG also encourages and fosters volunteerism amongst youths who are committed and passionate about making an impact in their community, and is currently working on establishing a hospital with full healthcare in the rural area that is serviced.


In addition to these projects, CSG and one of its primary leaders Dan Ogola provide SEED with the link to the primary and secondary schools in Ukwala. A member of the SEED Board, Dan is responsible for ensuring that SEED funds are distributed to the appropriate students and schools. Although Dan’s contribution is voluntary, SEED also employs a member of the local community, Mr. Steve Ogola, to assist in the collection of student profiles, grades, and financial reports.