Who We Are
Since 2011, School Club Zambia has been at the forefront of improving education in rural communities. We provide targeted training and infrastructure support to schools, helping them enhance the quality, relevance, and creativity of learning. Our work is driven by four key impact areas: self-financing schools, vocational education, literacy development, and girls’ education—foundations that underpin everything we do.
As a UK-registered charity, we are proud to be supported by a diverse and skilled board of trustees based in the UK. Their expertise spans international development, safeguarding, fundraising, finance, and marketing, guiding us with strategic insight and passion.
Equally, we are honoured to have a dedicated Zambian board comprising specialists in NGO management, gender equality, business, marketing, and education. Our Zambian-registered NGO maintains a formal Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education and a collaborative partnership agreement with the Ministry of Health, testaments to our strong relationships and shared commitment to community development.
Together, our UK and Zambian boards ensure that our programmes are impactful, sustainable, and aligned with national priorities, working hand-in-hand to empower young people and transform education across rural Zambia.

The School Club Zambia was founded as a not for profit organisation in Zambia in 2011 and registered as a charity in the UK in 2014. Our founders were a group of professionals from the UK and Zambia who jointly recognised the huge financial and technical gaps in the support available for many of Zambia’s schools, especially in the rural areas. After many years of working for and with community schools across the country, the founders strongly believed that an alternative and sustainable financial model for these vulnerable schools was needed in recognition of their severe lack of resources and dependency on infrequent hand-outs. A school without external support will on average operate on less than £100/K1,000 a term, which will often equate to less than 0.48 pence/4.8 Kwacha available to invest into a child’s individual education per year.
At the heart of School Club Zambia’s work is our Self-Financing Schools programme, where we provide the financial and technical expertise for schools to launch income-generating enterprises. With little or no external support, sustainable sources of income are vital to ensure the schools can continue to operate long into the future. These enterprises also form the foundation of our Vocational Education programme, where the children and local community members have access to practical, vocational skills that will provide them with alternative livelihood opportunities and business skills. Since 2014 we have also incorporated two new core areas into our model: Literacy Development and Girls Education.
Mission
To support vulnerable schools with a relevant financial model, leading to financial sustainability of schools and enhanced levels of education. Our model aims to provide schools with a means to self-generate adequate funding to implement the Zambian curriculum effectively, whilst simultaneously providing sustainable livelihood opportunities through skills training in entrepreneurship, literacy and addressing the particular barriers girls face in becoming entrepreneurs.
Our Values
Youth centred - committed to a child and youth’s rights approach to development with a particular emphasis on article 12 of the UNCRC.
Diverse - utilise multiple trades and skills to combat aid and dependency.
Collaborative - working in partnership with those who share our vision.
Practical - using Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-Bound (SMART) intervention strategies.
Transparent - ensuring our work and finances are honest and clear to our beneficiaries and donors.