Maziba Farm
Maziba Farm
Since African Revival was founded in Zambia in 2006, Maziba farm has been home. The organisation has worked hard to ensure the farm is operating successfully and to offer a good quality of life for the community that call the farm home.
African Revival Basic School was constructed from scratch; the school has five classrooms and since January 2009 now teaches children in Grades 1 – 7. African Revival employs three teachers, and an additional three teachers are paid for by the Government. Over 180 students attend the school from many of the neighbouring farms and communities.
In addition a preschool has been started and is currently operational on the farm, providing care and basic education for around 60 young children. African Revival has provided resources, tables and chairs and pay for two preschool teachers. A Health post has also been constructed and two community health workers are available to the community to offer a first port of call for all health issues. In addition the post is used by local clinics to provide outreach services in this area; this includes antenatal care, HIV counseling and testing and health education sessions.
African Revival has also been working with the employees on the farm to offer them and their families more opportunities. The farm is currently running a vegetable growing co-operative where the farm gives employees a small patch of land to cultivate for their own profits. The vegetables are then jointly sold in Kalomo town to provide additional income to the families. African Revival has also invested in small businesses – including raising chickens, selling clothes, maize selling and egg producing. This offers people in the community the opportunity to gain greater financial independence.
Successful Projects
African Revival is just concluding the construction of its second community classroom block. In 2007 work started at nearby Bbello school which provides basic education for around 400 children. In association with the community a classroom block containing two classrooms was constructed. These schools are also part of our Schools Linking Programme.
In 2008 African Revival started work on a classroom block at BowwoodCommunitySchool, which provides education for nearly 100 children. The community had independently constructed the original classrooms – but as small thatched structures they were badly affected by the rains at the start of 2008. A new classroom block has been constructed to improve the teaching environment at the school. In parallel the community has been working on constructing new latrines and providing a secure store for the school’s limited resources. The school also has a number of wonderful donors supporting the teachers through salary provision, and providing daily meals for the children.
African Revival has also worked in other areas; at the nearby community in Kinnertone African Revival has drilled a new borehole to provide safe drinking water for the school and the community. The organisation has also worked with a nearby clinic to provide health training courses – including in 2008 providing training to Traditional Birth Attendants on safe deliveries and ante- and post-natal care. The traditional birth attendant based at Maziba Farm can deliver over ten babies in one month so this knowledge and training can really be life-saving.