KZF team in Mongu District during monitoring visits to Savings groups. Keepers Zambia Foundation is implementing Expansion for Financial Inclusion (ExFIN) with Support from IFAD and GRZ under RUFEP. Results are visible women have been empowered through increasrd access to financial services using a very creative approach based on [...]
This may be a bit of a technical post, but it answers the very simple question at the heart of our work: ‘Can design improve health outcomes for children?’ We think the answer is YES. Here is some of our emerging evidence – see if you agree! When we began work to [...]
During the KYTS-Programme we developed technology with our partner ColaLife to map the retailers we were supporting. The technology can be easily adapted to other projects. The data to produce these maps is collected automatically during support visits to retailers by KZF staff who use tablets to collect key information [...]
KZF works all over Zambia and keeping track of what’s happening and providing support to remote field staff can be a challenge. During the KYTS-Programme, where we were supporting retailers selling Kit Yamoyo (co-packaged ORS and Zinc for diarrhoea treatment), we developed a tablet-based system to guide retailer support visits. Using [...]
These training ‘flashcards’ were developed following the ColaLife Operational Trial in Zambia (COTZ)*. They have been approved by Zambia’s Ministry of Health and are used for training community health workers (CHWs) and Kit Yamoyo retailers in the prevention of diarrhoea and the treatment of diarrhoea with ORS and Zinc. [...]
Keepers Zambia Foundation in partnership with Muhanya Solar Limited coordinated the launch of Zambia’s first ever privately owned 30kw solar mini grid. The solar power plant has a 30kw generation capacity and has so far provided clean and affordable electricity to 60 households, a school, a church and 2 [...]
Keepers Zambia Foundation was this afternoon awarded a grant to implement the CNC- Solid Waste Management Project in Chipata and Ngómbe compounds of Lusaka district. The transformation of the solid waste management service into a business by attaching value to waste through recycling and engagement of already established networks [...]
Medical Stores Limited To Distribute Kit Yamoyo Medical Stores Managing Director Dr. Bonface Fundafunda says the Kit Yamoyo diarrhoea kit was now available for distribution to all corners of the country. Kit Yamoyo contains oral rehydration salt (ORS) and zinc creatively packaged in a flimsy plastic container which also serves as [...]
In Lukulu district at a groundnuts field for a Community Champion (Ms Mary Tunde) of Salihongo Village in Kasheke a prize winner of ZMW650.00 from PPCR as an appreciation for her consistently producing groundnuts under Conservation Farming since 1993 through self motivation . She supplies groundnuts seeds to local [...]
KZF Lukulu District Office implementing PPCR program for Lukulu and Mitete districts. Working around increasing adaptation to climate change. The innovation revolves around diversified sources of livelihood build around resilience. The project is co-funded by GRZ and World Bank. And implemented in three wards: 2 in Mitete and one [...]
