Our wonderful team in Zambia are loyal, passionate and hard working. They are simply determined to help the disadvantaged in their country and in particular the children in our programmes. All of our team are community activists who started off with us by volunteering, and then made themselves indispensable. We are very proud of what they have achieved on limited resources.
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A N D R E W Director of Operations Andrew is at the heart of everything we do in Zambia and is often greeted in the villages as "Mr Baraka". He has a fantastic ability to galvanise rural communities and is equally comfortable lobbying government officials. He is responsible for over 50 of our construction projects.
kINGS Operations Assistant Kings has been with Baraka since he was a young boy and has been part of Baraka for over ten years. He graduated college and is a qualified teacher.
C O S M A S Education Field Officer Cosmas has been with us from the very start and has been running community sports programmes since 2002. In Cos's own words: "I believe that given a chance the less privileged can do as much as the privileged can. It's just a matter of levelling the playing field."
MARJORY Learning Centre Teacher Marjory also recently joined the Learning Centre team. She is a priamary qualified teacher with a lot of experience.
F R A N C I S Sponsorship Manager Our newly appointed Manager has not only been through the Sponsorship Programme but is one of our first sponsored students. As a qualified teacher, Francis is particularly passionate about ensuring students have access to quality education.
B U P E Teaching and admin assistant Bupe joined the Baraka teaching team in 2020
Mercy Learning Centre Teacher Mercy joined the Baraka teaching team in 2022 and has proven an immediate success with the children. Mercy has is a trained Special Needs teacher and oversees the Special Needs unit at the William Reid school.
COSMAS Learning Centre Teacher Cosmas is also a primary school teacher who started recently.
LEEN Learning Centre General Worker
DANNY Learning Center General Worker
M I K E Learning Centre Manager
Mike is a true Baraka Community Partnerships success story. He came to us as a young boy out of school and joined our sponsorship programme. in 2018 he graduated as a fully qualified teacher and is now running our programmes at the Learning Centre.
T H E L M A Learning Centre Teacher Thelma joined the Baraka teaching team in 2020. Thelma combines her role as a teacher with a role of helping on the sponsorship programme and she oversees all Learning Centre based sponsored children.
Patson Learning Centre Teacher Patson recently joined the teaching team and is quickly showing proficiency in his specialized subjects which are Mathematics and Information, Communication and Technology.
MAGGIE Volunteering Learning Centre Teacher Maggie is a retired teacher who started volunteering at the Learning Centre recently. Maggie is primary qualified and has over thirty years experience in education.