The Visionary Students Initiative-VSI and Children’s Development and Empowerment Foundation-CDEF have sent 960 sanitary pads to Luapula province for distribution to mapped beneficiaries in selected districts. The organizations have urged the government to roll out interventions aimed at making sanitary pads free for every girl child. VSI and CDEF remain committed to promoting access to…
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The Visionary Students Initiative- VSI, Joyce and Friends Foundation, Miss Zambia 2021/2022 Finalists, and Miss Face of Nature Zambia 2022 Finalist were honored to provide moral and technical support to Kumbaya Community School`s 2022 beauty pageant steering committee which successfully crowned the Miss Kumbaya Community School, 1st and 2nd Princess. The pageant gives girls more…
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The Visionary Students Initiative-VSI is a platform that provides for the establishment of countless many initiatives whose mandate is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. Founded by one of the VSI Members—Angela Busanga, the Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Africa is an initiative working towards the course of promoting Menstrual hygiene and embracing our African…
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The Visionary Students Initiative-VSI, Joyce and Friends Foundation attended the first national symposium for waste pickers and plastic pollution organized by the Citizen’s Environmental and Social Concern (CESCO). The symposium informed the audience on various principles and practices surrounding environmental safeguards, among which include formalizing the informal waste pickers’ as the key to achieving a…
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The Visionary Students Initiative-VSI, Save a Life Foundation-SALF, and the Reigning Miss Zambia-2020 have successfully completed a training in reusable sanitary pad making. The training was facilitated by Aliceda School of Skills. The lead team members are expected to share the knowledge with their peers to facilitate for increased productivity. Through the On-campus Training and…
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Yesterday 22/02/2020, as outlined in our roadmap for the Street Children Support Scheme, we addressed Phase 2 and 3. Phase 2: HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS SESSIONWe conducted a one-on-one human rights awareness session with two street children; Daniel and Moses. The session was interactive and yielded good results—mutual agreement on a number of things such as:…
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Today, we visited our brothers and sisters living in the streets of Cairo Rd, Central Park, near the main post office, Lusaka.Our primary objective was to establish a connection with them for the smooth execution of the Programme. They had a lot of touching stories to share, and we listened. We are committed to talking…
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The VSI delegation led by the Deputy Director- Ms. Tembo, and Mr. Yooma visited Kumbaya Community School (KCS) of Chaisa area, Lusaka to conduct a special briefing on the use of sanitary pads by a girl Child. The talk was inspired by the need to minimize absenteeism by keeping girls in school during “that time”…
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