Zambia is a landlocked country in the center of southern Africa. It covers a total area of 752,618 square kilometers of which 9,220 km² is covered by water. Zambia shares several of its key geographical features with neighbouring Zimbabwe.
Contact
Country office contacts Plot 2, Cathedral of the Holy Cross Long
Acres, Lusaka
P.O. Box 34422, Lusaka
Phone: +260 211 256 475/6
Email: zambia@repssi.org
Issues affecting children and young people in Zambia
Child Marriage
High school dropout rates
Alcohol and substance abuse
Disease burden – HIV, Malaria, STI’s
Loss of primary caregivers/orphanhood
Underage patronage of bars
Child labour
Limited access to adolescence sexual and reproductive health services
Child/grandparents headed households
Limited access to social protection by vulnerable children and youth
Limited access to food and nutrition by vulnerable children, youth and their households
Our Impact
55,946
29,215
26,731
Repssi Work In Zambia
Collaborates with Chieftainess Kawaza to build the capacity of village committees, including in the Minimum Package of Services, use of PSS resources and a learning visit on the operation of village taskforces
Partners with the Ministry of General Education, the Kawaza Development Foundation and Mphangwe Community radio station to implement the reduction on early and unintended pregnancy among in-school youth
Oriented teachers in general psychosocial concepts and the use of the psychosocial Life skills manual for young people
Trained teachers on how to set up and manage learners’ listener clubs and how to coordinate radio-listening activities
Trained Community Based Implementers to facilitate conversations with in-and-out of school adolescents and young people using the PSS life-skills toolkit
Got TEVETA accreditation to continue the Diploma in CBWCY
REPSSI Projects In Zambia
Teachers’ Diploma in Psychosocial Care, Support and Protection
Community Based Work with Children and Youth
Enhanced access to and uptake of sexual and reproductive health and rights for girls, boys and youth in East and Southern Africa
Strengthening the mental health and responsive caregiving capacities of mothers and other caregivers