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.
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.
T I M M Y Learning Centre Caretaker Timmy has been involved with us since 2009 mainly as the driver for our volunteer trips. He forced his way into our team through sheer passion and dedication to our cause. "The happy faces of the kids, and the passionate volunteers I met on several work camps, inspired me to get involved hands on."
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."
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 Learning Centre Teacher Bupe joined the Baraka teaching team in 2020
GELI Learning Centre Teacher Geli joined the Baraka teaching team in 2021
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 Education Field Officer
Thelma joined the Baraka teaching team in 2020