Please help with one of our most pressing needs . . .
ZSF would like to show their support to Blue Skies Secondary Trade School.

When the idea of building a highschool level trade school in an area of the world where the unemployment rate is at an unbelievable 85% , its no wonder ZSF jumped at the idea. Thanks to some very generous sponsors Blue Skies trade school has been built. It is scheduled to open in May of 2026
Now we need to furnish it with computers, cooking stoves, wood working equipment, sewing machines, welding equipment, chairs, desks, art supplies and the list goes on.
This will be a first ever of its kind in all of Northern Province. It will be the only school to offer one computer per student (most schools have 800 kids and they share their teachers laptop) it will be the first ever to teach ten separate trades to students at the secondary level.
Our goal is that every student who graduates will know a trade so well they can leave school with the ability to start their own business. Remember Booker T. Washington? Its the same idea! If all you can do is send $100 for is a sewing machine, Great! Go to our donate page & make a general donation today!!
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Elementary & High School

Impact a community. Place a teacher in a rural school, send a student to high school, or build a school in an undeveloped area.
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College & Careers

Build the economy. Send a student to college, launch an entrepreneur’s career, or help a citizen learn a trade.
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Developmental Projects

Supply a bicycle or solar panels (for electricity) to a rural teacher, provide schools with desks  – assist in any way you can.
ZSF operates under a completely volunteer system. Board members pay all fundraising costs, so 100% of your donation goes to benefit Zambians.

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SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN

4,105

JOBS CREATED

36

SCHOOLS BUILT

2,551,321

VOLUNTEER HOURS

YOUR SUPPORT CAN CHANGE A LIFE

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Fund an Education

It’s hard to believe that for just $30 a month you could send a student living in the bush to high school for a year.

It is equally as hard to believe that without that $30 this student will not be able to go to high school.

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Give Someone a Job

Micro grants are not micro loans. In the Northern Province of Zambia, 88% of people do not have a steady income.

For as little as $30 a month you can provide a bright young entrepreneur with the tools they need to make a job for themselves.

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Pay a Teacher's Salary

65% of Zambians are living in the bush without running water or electricity. In these rural areas there are tiny village schools but they lack teachers.

For just $125 a month you can pay a teacher’s salary to go into the bush and teach children English.

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Special Requests

Sometimes we receive requests for additional items such as furniture, supplies for our schools and students, and replacement equipment for our entrepreneurs.

Your donation can help to enable our students and entrepreneurs on their journey to success.

OUR IMPACT

OUR STORY

What started as one small town woman’s big vision, ZSF has changed
the lives of thousands of Zambians over the past 20 years.

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