Lwimba Zone is in the Chongwe district in Lusaka Province of Zambia, 40k off the Great East Road. The zone spans approximately 30k. It is a rural area with economic subsistence coming mostly from small scale family farms and small businesses.
The committee spearheading the project includes head teachers from all 8 basic schools, key headmen from local villages, the Area Development Counselor, Lwimba PTA chairperson, and various community members representing the entire zone. The Zambian school system works through zonal organization, creating a network of schools with one zonal head school as the hub of activity. The Ministry of Education requires that every ZHS operate as a zonal resource center (ZRC), with a Zonal In-service Coordinator (ZIC) to facilitate in-service trainings and zonal management. The MOE highly encourages a physical structure be reserved for this function. Lwimba Zone is comprised of 8 basic schools and 11 community schools/ IRI centers, with Lwimba Basic acting as zonal head school.
This is the first year that Lwimba Zone has had a Peace Corps volunteer (PCV). This is the first year that any volunteers have been placed in the rural areas of Lusaka Province.
Keli Campbell, the PCV based at Lwimba Basic School, is part of the Rural Education Development (RED) project of the Peace Corps, which strives to improve education standards from grass root levels.
The RED project works to support and assist the Ministry of Education with their programs to provide continuing professional development for teachers. A RED PCV is paired with the Zonal In-Service Coordinator (ZIC) to assist in trainings and improve the capacity of the Zonal Resource Center. Additionally, a RED volunteer works with community schools to strengthen their support committees and help them start or manage income generating activities to support the volunteer teacher.
Community schools are intiated and run by communities and headed by volunteer teachers to provide education in areas where a basic school is too far away, hard to get to, or the children in the area are unable to afford the costs of a uniform and shoes.
The committee spearheading the project includes head teachers from all 8 basic schools, key headmen from local villages, the Area Development Counselor, Lwimba PTA chairperson, and various community members representing the entire zone. The Zambian school system works through zonal organization, creating a network of schools with one zonal head school as the hub of activity. The Ministry of Education requires that every ZHS operate as a zonal resource center (ZRC), with a Zonal In-service Coordinator (ZIC) to facilitate in-service trainings and zonal management. The MOE highly encourages a physical structure be reserved for this function. Lwimba Zone is comprised of 8 basic schools and 11 community schools/ IRI centers, with Lwimba Basic acting as zonal head school.
This is the first year that Lwimba Zone has had a Peace Corps volunteer (PCV). This is the first year that any volunteers have been placed in the rural areas of Lusaka Province.
Keli Campbell, the PCV based at Lwimba Basic School, is part of the Rural Education Development (RED) project of the Peace Corps, which strives to improve education standards from grass root levels.
The RED project works to support and assist the Ministry of Education with their programs to provide continuing professional development for teachers. A RED PCV is paired with the Zonal In-Service Coordinator (ZIC) to assist in trainings and improve the capacity of the Zonal Resource Center. Additionally, a RED volunteer works with community schools to strengthen their support committees and help them start or manage income generating activities to support the volunteer teacher.
Community schools are intiated and run by communities and headed by volunteer teachers to provide education in areas where a basic school is too far away, hard to get to, or the children in the area are unable to afford the costs of a uniform and shoes.
