Senanga Orphans Day Care
Centre (SODC)
In the late nineties the SODC was established by a number
of widows who could not afford sending their children to school.
Apart from their own children orphans were welcome as well to sit on
the reed mats under the tree. That is how it started and now the
school includes a number of classrooms, office building, dining
hall, kitchen and storeroom. Moreover toilet facilities have been
improved with the help of the UNHCR, the Wild Geese foundation and a US based foundation which
has built schools in the past.
The number of pupils at the school exceeds 1000, to a considerable
extent orphans. The school employs 20 teachers and a number of
student teachers. There is also help from volunteers. Zambridge
foundation contributes to the costs of one meal per day for the pupils and also
provides money for school fees and uniforms for those who continue
education at secondary school level.
Apart from offering education, the centre also organizes events to
increase awareness of the
AIDS problem.
In close cooperation with the Wild Geese
foundation, in 2018 a staff house for
teachers has been built at the SODC compound, while in 2019 ten new
toilets have been constructed.
At Zambridge's request
Our
Energy Foundation, with help from the Wild Geese foundation, has
equipped the school with a solar power installation.