Zambia

Christine is a single mother and HIV positive. When she got sick, her partner left. She has four children, one is disabled and has gone to a home. She also looks after 3 orphans, the children of her siblings [Caroline Irby]
CAFOD spent £713,000 in Zambia in 2008

Declining copper prices and prolonged drought have seriously damaged Zambia's economy, and three-quarters of its ten million people live on less than 60 pence per day.

On gaining independence from Britain in 1964, Zambia became a one-party state – a situation that lasted for 27 years until President Kenneth Kaunda agreed to multi-party elections.

At independence, Zambia was a major copper producer, but declining copper prices and prolonged drought seriously damaged Zambia's economy during the 1980s and 1990s.


section highlights Rss Feed
Odetta Myambo, 9 yrs. The children of Kalisowe go to the radio interactive school [Caroline Irby]

Key challenges

Food shortages, HIV, debt, and poor governance are all affecting Zambia's development

Jack Jones Zulu, Policy Analyst at the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection, Zambia [Caroline Irby/CAFOD]

End conditions of debt relief

Debt relief can only work if conditions are not imposed and if the Zambian government plans make the most of the extra resources for the long term, says CAFOD partner Jack Jones Zulu

Justice and peace worker Mulima Akapelwa from Zambia [CAFOD]

Ending poverty through justice

Mulima Akapelwa of the Catholic Centre for Justice, Development and Peace campaigns tirelessly to ensure the Zambian government is properly held to account for their actions

latest updates elsewhere on www.cafod.org.uk Rss Feed
Published on 29/07/2003, last updated on 26/02/2009
sign-up for e-news

News, events, jobs, and ways you can support us