Fantastic Nonprofits in Lusaka

Since I arrived in D.C. in August, my goal has been to make connections with non-profits working in Zambia. Luckily for me D.C. is the city of non-profits. I am so excited that I have had several one-on-one meetings with the non-profits which has only increased my motivation toward humanitarian photography.

The Lubuto Library Project is providing literacy and library services to Zambia’s orphans and vulnerable children in cooperation with the Zambian government and the nation’s network of educational institutions. I was very surprised to hear that 1 in 5 children in Zambia have been orphaned due to AIDS/HIV and many of these children live in group homes or are left the street. Lubuto is provided them not only with a library with which they can pursue an education, but also a balanced selection of reading which allows them to direct their education to areas of their interest. Lubuto is creating online software where the children can learn bimba alphabet, and have found some children's books that are no longer in Zambia written in the Bemba and Nyanja languages which they have scanned and are now utilizing as resources for their children. I was truly inspired by the work they are doing and cannot wait to see the library in person!

http://www.lubuto.org/ 

Africa Fighting Malaria is a non-profit health advocacy group founded in 2000 and based in South Africa and the United States.  Their mission is to make malaria control more transparent, responsive and effective.  They conduct research into the social and economic aspects of malaria and raise the profile of the disease and the issues surrounding its control in the local and international media.  AFM strives to hold public institutions accountable for funding and implementing effective, integrated and country-driven malaria control policies and to promote successful private sector initiatives to control the disease. I cannot express how serious the Malaria problem in in Africa, the organizations that promoting and supporting prevention and truly saving hundreds of lives.


http://www.fightingmalaria.org/