Senanga Orphans Day Care
Centre (SODC)
In the late nineties SODC was set up 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 1200. The Zambian goverment pays the salaries of the teachers. Three times a week the pupils receive a meal paid for by Zambridge foundation. Occasionally Zambridge finances the purchase of teaching materials.
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 VIP toilets have been constructed. (VIP = Ventilated Improved Pitlatrines, see also the page Maxanaedi School).
At Zambridge's request Our Energy Foundation, with help from the Wild Geese foundation, has equipped the school with a solar power installation.
In the late nineties SODC was set up 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 1200. The Zambian goverment pays the salaries of the teachers. Three times a week the pupils receive a meal paid for by Zambridge foundation. Occasionally Zambridge finances the purchase of teaching materials.
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 VIP toilets have been constructed. (VIP = Ventilated Improved Pitlatrines, see also the page Maxanaedi School).
At Zambridge's request Our Energy Foundation, with help from the Wild Geese foundation, has equipped the school with a solar power installation.
