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2025 Mid-Year Social Sector Budget Analysis Report
The 2025 National Budget, themed “Building Resilience for Inclusive Growth and Improved Livelihoods”, reflects Zambia’s strategic response to the socio-economic shocks caused by the 2023/24 drought. With a total allocation of K217.1 billion, representing a 22.0% nominal increase over 2024, the budget is anchored o...
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UNICEF Zambia Country Office Annual Report 2024
In 2024, Zambia faced its worst drought in decades and a severe cholera outbreak, affecting millions. UNICEF responded with wide-ranging interventions across health, nutrition, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), education, child protection, and social policy. Key achievements included increased vaccination cov...
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Shaping Destiny:
MONZE, Southern province, Zambia, April 2025, --- In the quiet and serene Hinjali village of Monze, Southern province in Zambia, Destiny Hachoobe has turned every Kwacha from the Social Cash Transfer Programme into a steppingstone. At 45, the widowed mother of seven wears many hats—farmer, businesswoman, savings g...
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Learning Passport Zambia: Empowering Classrooms Through Youth Advocacy in Kabwe
Kabwe, 13 – 14 March 2025, – Youth advocates are playing a key role in Zambia, spreading the word in schools about digital learning and introducing students to Learning Passport Zambia, a platform that offers over 3,000 learning resources in seven local languages. It supports learners and teachers from early child...
Press release
Traditional Leaders Commit to Uphold and Protect the Rights of Children in Luapula
25 April 2025, Mansa, Luapula Province – , Traditional leaders from eleven chiefdoms in Nchelenge, Mwansabombwe, Kawambwa, Chifunabuli and Chiengi districts, hosted by the Permanent Secretary of Luapula Province, Prudence Chinama, came together today in Mansa and committed to uphold and protect the rights of child...
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From Textbook Struggles to Digital Solutions – Precious’s Story of Driving Digital Education
Broadway Secondary School, Kabwe, Central Province, Zambia, March 2025, – Determined to make education more accessible, Precious, a 19-year-old first-year law student at a University in Zambia, is working to ensure that learners and teachers benefit from digital learning opportunities. She knows firsthand the stru...
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From crisis to classroom
CHIPATA, Eastern province, Zambia - December 2024, - Life became even harder for Caroline (20) when she became pregnant at 18, adding to her family’s struggle to meet basic needs. Her family of five, relying on odd jobs and piecework for income, had always found it difficult to make ends meet. Living in Msekera (C...
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Voices united as children in Zambia lead the way to educational excellence
In a vibrant celebration of World Children's Day 2024, UNICEF Zambia coordinated a groundbreaking gathering that united young voices from all ten provinces of Zambia. Under the resonant theme "Inclusive, Relevant and Quality Education for Every Child," the commemoration aligned powerfully with the African Union's ...
Press release
2024 World Children’s Day: 7,000 Children from Southern Africa Lead the Call for Quality and Inclusive Education in Africa
VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE, 19 November 2024, – Children from seven countries in Southern Africa met their leaders in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe this weekend to call for improved conditions in education and better protection when schools become unsafe due to conflict or extreme weather. The more than 7,000 children m...
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Children call upon policy makers to accelerate efforts to realize their right to quality and inclusive education
Lusaka, Zambia, ,, 18 November 2024, – In commemoration of World Children’s Day (WCD) which falls on November 20th, about 80 children from all ten provinces in Zambia participated in a National Children’s Parliament focused on education and urged those in power to address barriers to education, particularly for di...
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The Minister of Education Highlights Efforts to Strengthen Teacher Training To Improve Foundational Learning in Zambia
Lusaka, 15 November 2024 – , The second edition of the Africa Foundational Learning Exchange (FLEX) 2024 took place in Kigali, Rwanda this week, from November 11 – 13, hosted by the Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Education. The conference brought together over 500 education leaders from across the co...
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Inclusive Learning for All: Embracing Every Child’s Unique Needs
A whole new world of learning has opened for students at UTH Special School in Lusaka, a school that caters to children with disabilities and special needs. The interactive nature of the Learning Passport, UNICEF-supported educational learning platform, has left students jubilant and inspired. “I like the Learnin...