Posts Tagged:Children

A Life Transformed – Oscar Bwalya

by ACT

ACT works with multiple partners in Zambia to provide sponsorship for fatherless children to pursue an education that would otherwise be unaffordable. Currently, nineteen (19) of these young people are following their dreams and studying at university for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in a wide variety of fields across the 8 countries where we…



Spotlight on our work in Zambia

by ACT

ACT has been supporting projects in Zambia, a landlocked country in south central Africa since its formation in 1998. Although ACT became a registered charity in March 1999, our work really began in 1998 in Zambia. The majority of our activities focus on the Copperbelt, a mineral rich region stretching along the western border with…



Transforming Lives – Gerald, Tanzania

by ACT

Fifteen-year-old Gerald hails from Rukora, a rural village in Kagera region, in the north west of Tanzania, bordering with Rwanda and Burundi. The Kagera region is picturesque, surrounded by mountains and Lake Victoria on its eastern shores.  Mostly rural, with few job opportunities, the majority of its people live on off land. It is one…