Tiwonge is one of Our Moon’s new student recruits. Here she talks about her desire to combat the taboos around mental health in Zambia. “Like many Zambians, I grew up in a society where talking about feelings was not encouraged. As a child I saw this to be normal but, as I read more books […]
Meet Iwell: manager New Moon Children’s College and coordinator student volunteering and physical health
Introducing Iwell Banda (fifth from right in the photo above) – husband to Lizzy, father to Havila, New Moon Children’s College tutor, physical development coach and coordinator of our students’ volunteering programme. Iwell has spent the best part of a year with Our Moon, firstly as a volunteer and now a paid member of the […]
Congratulations to our departing students…
We would like to congratulate our departing students who all have places to study at university with full funding. This includes Chitundu who took a gap year to develop his artistic skills and work out what he really wanted to study. It means that 100% of our students since we started Our Moon have been awarded […]
Empowering youth
Edwin continues his blog series to celebrate International Youth Day Today is International Youth Day and a public holiday in Zambia. I am, therefore, dedicating this blog to youths everywhere, because we are the next stakeholders, CEOs, Managing Directors, Presidents and Members of Parliament, and Senators. But I am writing this blog for those holding […]
Catching up with Naomi on International Women’s Day
Naomi is currently interning with Baraka Community Partnerships while waiting for her university decisions to come through. Helen caught up with her earlier today to discuss how the role of women in Zambian society is slowly evolving and what advice she would give girls Photo credit: Malama Mushitu H: What is the traditional role of […]
Cooking with Mr Black
Helen meets up with Sanky (aka Mr Black) where he talks to her about cooking for Our Moon students and staff. I enjoy cooking good food. It makes me really happy to see people enjoy what I make for them. With this opportunity, Our Moon has allowed me to improve my cooking skills and helped […]