The Chikumbuso Project

The Chikumbuso Project is a women and orphans project with a community school in Ngombe Compound, Lusaka, Zambia. It is also known as the Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project. According to its website, Chikumbuso is a collective of individuals forming a grassroots community project in Ng'ombe. It runs a K-7 community school serving 300 students and feeds 500 students every day. The project says it has helped over 100 widows get back on their feet and send their children to school. Each year 20 to 30 students are trained in a skill, and its tailoring programme has helped 300 single mothers and young men; craft bags are among its products. Its grandmother outreach gives 18 seniors monthly deliveries and care, and the site also lists micro enterprise and a Safe Haven among its programmes. The project is in Ngombe Compound, Lusaka, and can be contacted at chikumbuso@chikumbuso.com. A street address, a telephone number and visiting arrangements are not published on the pages consulted.

Ngombe Compound, Lusaka, Zambia
Lusaka

• K-7 community school
• Daily school feeding
• Tailoring and skills training
• Micro enterprise
• Grandmother outreach
• Safe Haven