OUR STORY

Zamcog is a UK registered, non-profit charity committed to empowering Zambia’s most at-risk children by funding urgently needed education and housing.

Established in 2003, the Charity started it’s journey by supporting 8 children in Makalulu Townships go to school. In the past 17 years, Zamcog has supported over 3,000 children in the same way.

While we have been privileged to witness the positive trajectory of many children’s lives, there are many more children who don’t currently have the access they deserve to education and housing. We need your help to make these basic human rights a reality to all children in Zambia.

OUR MISSION

Zamcog is a fundraising and grant-giving charity that provides access to education, housing and welfare services to support grassroots charities and initiatives working with at-risk children and youth in rural Zambia. Our mission is to empower students to reach their full potential and enable them to build more sustainable futures.

Together, We Change Futures

Zamcog exists to reduce the barriers to education and provide holistic support for children and young people living in the surrounding communities of Makalulu, Kabwe, Central Zambia. Many children here never have the chance to go to school, and those who do often face huge challenges. Access to early childhood education is still very limited, and too many children leave the first years of primary school without being able to read or write.

With the help of sponsors and donors, Zamcog is breaking this cycle. Your support not only gives children access to quality education but also provides the vital tools, skills, and encouragement they need to thrive. Education equips them to raise their voices, stay in school longer, and avoid harmful practices such as child marriage—benefiting not just one child, but entire families and communities.

Safeguarding every child is at the heart of our work. Together with our dedicated team in Zambia, we ensure that well-established systems protect and nurture the children we support.

The generosity of our sponsors and donors makes all of this possible. By standing with Zamcog, you are helping children unlock their potential, build sustainable futures, and create lasting change for generations to come.

Zamcog’s mission is simple but powerful: to empower students to reach their full potential.

OUR IMPACT

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students that have participated on the programmes for over 20 years
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Cumulatively, we are now at 81 on students in further education and training
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Children who were previously housed and fed have since been re integrated back to their families
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Cumulatively, students currently enrolled in primary and secondary schools
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£4.4million raised

HELP US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

We have seen the enormous impact that stabilised education and safe housing has had on these children’s lives. In order to continue and grow this impact, we need your help to develop sustainable support for these children and their educational futures.

Sponsor a vulnerable child
through school

It costs £95 a year to educate and clothe a child through Secondary education and even less for primary school. At only 25p a day or £8 per month, it’s a small ask for a big change to a child’s life!

Sponsor a child through primary education for as little as £45

Sponsor a student throughuniversity or training

We are looking for sponsors for a number of our students
to progress either through University
or a specific Training Course

Sponsor a child through secondary education for as low as £95

Sponsor a Project
or Initiative

We are constantly looking for new ways to ensure the sustainability of Zamcog Zambia, and how to give our graduating students the best chance at a successful, healthy and happy life.

Sponsor food for student and family

OUR SUCESS STORIES

From our supported children…

Hellen Kasongo
“The generosity and care that Zamcog has shown to the vulnerable and less fortunate inspired me to try to be a voice for the voiceless. I hope my story will help people to continue believing in their dreams and encourage those who can, to support those who sincerely need it.”
Gilbert Lole
“This year I was given work at Zamcog Zambia under the sponsorship of Zamcog which I am very grateful for. I would love to say thank you to the Zamcog board and the management at LCC. May the almighty God continue blessing and protecting you all.”

Justina Banda
“I never imagined that tertiary education would be possible for me. We were very poor and my mother was not working. Everything seemed impossible because we never had any other relatives to help pay for my college.”
Jackson Limande
“Shitima [a school sponsored by Zamcog] became an answer to my adversities, it gave me hope to never back down because, with their sponsorship, I saw a light at the end of the tunnel,”

Beneficiary at Shitma School (sponsored by ZAMCOG)

Gilbert was orphaned and supported by Zamcog through the education, housing and feeding programmes

Justina received the necessary support from Zamcog to enter tertiary education.

A major beneficiary of the charity who was supported from primary education through to university