Mission Direct - Volunteers helping the world's poor
Zambia Factfile
| Estimated population: | 11,862,740 |
|---|---|
| Capital: | Lusaka |
| Infant mortality rate: | 101.2 per 1,000 |
| Climate: | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
| Min-Max temp: | 9-31 degrees c |
| Language: | English (official language), Recognised regional languages Nyanja, Bemba, Lunda, Tonga, Nkoya, Lozi, Luvale, Kaonde, and about 65 other indigenous languages |
| Life expectancy at birth: | 38.63 years |
| Religions: | Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% |
| Government: | Republic |
| President: | Rupiah Banda |
| Area: | 290,587 sq mi |
| Currency: | Zambian Kwacha (ZMK) |
| Time zone: | GMT+2 |
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All About Mission Direct
Mission Direct gives ordinary people the chance to do extraordinary things around the world. In two weeks you will change the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. You can help to build a house, classroom or clinic. We discover people and groups doing remarkable things in their own countries. Then we provide them the people and resources that they need. We do this by enabling people like you, with two or more weeks to join our life-altering trips.
Choose a country and find the trip that is right for you by clicking below to see all the options :
Restoring the gift of childhood
A proper childhood is a precious commodity. It is one that is cruelly denied to tens of thousands of children in Zambia. Due to poverty and AIDS, they are denied such basics as food, shelter and education. Most tragically, many children are even denied a loving family and left abandoned as street children.
With Mission Direct you can help to give some of these things back to Zambia’s children. You will be working on school building projects for primary school children from one of Zambia’s poorest townships, who would otherwise be denied any education at all. This is the first step out of poverty for these children and their families.
Contribution: £1,495/£1,595
Call Jackie Johnston in the Luton office
8am - 5.30pm
Mon - Fri
to apply or find out more.
t: 01582 72 00 56