Our Moon

By partnering with Our Moon, you’ll not only directly improve your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), but you’ll also be empowering the next generation of Africa’s future leaders.

You can support Our Moon by fundraising, offering an internship, or by volunteering.

Whether it’s a coffee morning or an evening gala, fundraising events are a great way to get the team together for a good cause.

We’re happy to facilitate fundraising events on your behalf, and if you make us your charity of the year, we’ll offer hands-on fundraising support for the whole year round.

At Our Moon, we offer students and alumni the chance to take on an internship as part of our programme.

As well as broadening their skillset, students learn more about the professional opportunities available to them in their chosen sectors, and find out more about what it takes to become employable in those fields.

We are looking for companies to offer our students paid internships, not only to reward them for their hard work, but to give them the chance to learn about financial responsibility and, if possible, save towards their university pre-departure expenses.

Internships in Zambia are also needed for our alumni, giving them the chance to work during their university holidays, and to make giving back to their communities possible when returning home.

Previously, Our Moon students and alumni have interned at organisations including PwC, KPMG and Copper Rose Zambia.

We’re always looking for volunteers to support our mission, whether that’s by mentoring our students, assisting with fundraising or by getting involved at our site in Zambia.

Through our mentorship initiative, employees can volunteer to set up calls with our students to share their experiences, giving students exposure to the different career paths available to them and the steps they need to take to get into these roles.

For a more hands-on volunteering opportunity, consider visiting our site in Zambia, where you can take on a challenge event and work with our students as part of a multi-cultural exchange.

We believe every child should have the opportunity to pursue higher education, both in the UK and abroad. With a shared mission, Our Moon can bolster university applications by providing volunteering opportunities, and enrich students’ lives with a once-in-a-lifetime trip to our site in Zambia.

You can support Our Moon by fundraising or by supporting students as they volunteer with us.

Fundraising events are a great way to engage students, and give them an opportunity to get them involved in event planning and management. We offer support for all events planned, and by making us your charity of the year, we’ll facilitate fundraising events all year round.

There are plenty of ways for both students and teachers to get involved in volunteering for Our Moon, from working on small projects both inside and out of the classroom, to helping out directly on our site in Zambia.

We also have a buddy system, where students from the UK and Zambia can buddy up and learn more about each other and their communities.

Ecolint, or the International School of Geneva, gives students the opportunity to write a 4000-word, fully referenced research essay about world issues through a Zambian lens. Under the mentorship of chemistry and biology teacher Keith Browne, students learn about plagiarism and citations, and develop their academic writing and research skills, making them better equipped to take on university assignments.

In most cases, the essay is pivotal in helping students decide or confirm their choice of study when applying to university.

Ecolint also donates Chromebooks each year, giving students access to vital IT skills needed to carry out our programmes and thrive at university.

“My time at KPMG exposed me to realities I could only dream of. Seeing myself grow along the way and making new friends makes me appreciate the opportunity I have been given”.

Paul, now at Cornell University

Steven Menking, founder of Menking Tutoring, offers Our Moon students an outstanding online SAT tutoring service, helping students get the best SAT score possible — free of charge.

At Our Moon, we know how important it is to look after our students’ mental health. That’s why all of our students can access free counselling services from our team of psychotherapists, getting the support they need to thrive in their studies and personal lives.

We’d like to thank the following Trusts and Foundations for supporting Our Moon. Their generosity provides invaluable funds for our programmes and helps validate our work.

• John Collings Charitable Trust
• The Alan Goodwin and Aimee Reynolds Foundation
• The Mageni Trust
• The Souter Trust
• Didymus CIO
• The Coles-Medlock Foundation
• SMOAT
• Chalk Cliff Trust
• Gilchrist Charitable Trust