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Piloting Sustainable Fruit Tree Planting and Maintenance in Schools and Local Communities

Nurturing Nature and Nourishing Communities across Zambia, Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria At the WJ Mudolo Foundation, we believe in the power of fruit trees to transform both the environment and the lives of people in our communities. Our Fruit Tree Planting Initiative is dedicated to fostering environmental sustainability while providing nutritional and economic benefits to local communities across Africa. Our Impact Planting Fruit Trees in Schools and Communities: By planting fruit trees in schools and local communities across Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria, we are creating greener environments and promoting sustainable agricultural practices. These trees not only contribute to the fight against climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide but also provide a source of fresh fruit, improving local nutrition. Educating the Next Generation: Our School-Based Sustainable Environmental Initiatives empower students with the knowledge and skills needed to care for the environment. Through hands-on activities like tree planting, waste management education, and eco-friendly infrastructure projects, we instill a sense of environmental stewardship in the next generation. Community Involvement and Empowerment: We engage local communities in our tree planting efforts, fostering a sense of ownership and responsibility towards the environment. By providing training and resources, we help communities to maintain and expand their green spaces, ensuring the sustainability of our initiatives. Why Fruit Trees? Sustainable Food Source: Fruit trees offer a renewable source of food for communities, helping to combat hunger and promote healthy eating. Enhanced Biodiversity: These trees attract various species of birds, insects, and other wildlife, creating a balanced and vibrant ecosystem. Carbon Sequestration: Like other trees, fruit trees absorb carbon dioxide, helping to mitigate climate change. Community Engagement: Planting fruit trees fosters community involvement and education about sustainable agricultural practices. Our Initiatives Community Orchards: We are developing community orchards in urban and rural areas to provide fresh fruits and a communal space for learning and growing together. Educational Programs: Partnering with schools and local organizations, we offer workshops on the benefits of fruit trees and how to care for them. Sustainable Practices: Our planting techniques focus on organic and sustainable methods, ensuring that the trees thrive without harming the environment. How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Creating Nsami Basic School Centre Of Excellence, In Mafinga District In Muchinga Province, Zambia

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies. The NSami Basic school is need of refurbishment and presents an opportunity for investment to create a centre of excellence and model for other schools in the locality. OUR PROJECTS The school currently has poor building infrastructure, no good conducive school desks for learners, and no clean water and sanitation access. The project will involve the refurbishment of classroom blocks, construction of the ablution block for boys and girls, construction of 10 teachers’ houses, and one block of 3 classrooms. It will also involve development of new facilities for learning and sports. Additional training and support will be provided to the teaching staff to assist improved learning and also onwards development of students. Overall, the school should generate innovation and act as a model for other school development programmes in the district and province. How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Access To Clean Water 20,000 Boreholes Across The Country

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organizations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies Easy access to clean water is a pre-requisite for improving quality of life and to making other development programmes in education and health more effective. The project will involve drilling 20,000 boreholes to provide water to the most disadvantaged communities in rural villages in Zambia, where communities experience severe challenges in accessing clean water, especially in the dry season OUR PROJECTS Outcome: Improve health and sanitation, enable other health and education programmes How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Mobile Healthcare System

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies. A Mobile Healthcare System targeting people in rural and remote areas of Uganda. The first phase will comprise 5 sets containing one unit for general outdoor practice and one unit for basic Lab & minor surgeries operated by physicians and necessary paramedical staff on 10-hours 5-days a week parameters. Basic medicines will be provided free of charge. OUR PROJECTS Simultaneously, a “Health Awareness & Disease Prevention Program” shall be launched with the same Mobile Healthcare Units through audio-visual aids and documentaries educating on disease prevention. The mobile healthcare system will also provide training and apprenticeship opportunities to help in wider capacity building and encourage creation of other mobile healthcare systems. It is planned to roll-out the working model to other countries. How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Agricultural Mechanization And Inputs Facilitation

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies. Over 50% of Zambia’s work force works in agriculture, however; that sectors productivity is low meaning many farmers and other sector workers cannot make a living that supports their families. The resulting poverty and undernourishment and challenges to overall food security hinders all other development initiatives. OUR PROJECTS The project will build a community school, health centre and facilities to support the children and provide the needed care. The project is targeting 300 orphans and vulnerable children infected and affect by HIV/AIDS of ages 6- 12. The project once completed shall bring economic hope, restore direction, prevent early marriage amongst girls, provide some form of healing for the children who are vulnerable and abused and give them a healthy environment for their dignity and worth to blossom How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Building Of A Community School And Health Post For Vulnerable Children

BUILDING OF A COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND HEALTH POST FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN / CHILDREN AFFECTED OR INFECTECTED BY HIV AIDS IN BUNDA BUNDA CHIEFDOM AREA – RUFUNSA DISTRICT: ZAMBIA This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies.   The project is dealing with the challenge of increasing numbers of orphans and vulnerable children in the district and in particular their state of education as a number of these children are not going to school and their state of health as most of them cannot manage to find transport to attend the main hospitals. OUR PROJECTS The project will build a community school, health centre and facilities to support the children and provide the needed care. The project is targeting 300 orphans and vulnerable children infected and affect by HIV/AIDS of ages 6- 12. The project once completed shall bring economic hope, restore direction, prevent early marriage amongst girls, provide some form of healing for the children who are vulnerable and abused and give them a healthy environment for their dignity and worth to blossom How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Girls Education, Women Empowerment And Health Awareness Program

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies. OUR PROJECTS Life skills program for teenage mothers and victims of GBV – improving access to income and economic opportunities for vulnerable girls and women. Adolescent reproductive health- increasing awareness of the danger and impact of teenage pregnancy. Recently there was a report on the alarming number of teenage pregnancies in Southern and Luapula Provinces How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Youth Skills Development And Entrepreneurship Programme

This is one of our current new projects under development. These are being delivered in partnership with a variety of organisations including charities, social enterprises, private sector companies and government agencies. OUR PROJECTS The project will involve providing entrepreneurship skills to the youth in communities to venture into economically empowering programs such as carpentry, construction, tourism, agriculture, metalwork, electrical craft skills and many more and also support apprenticeships at a variety of businesses.In addition, the project will support those who have dropped out of school to attend adult evening classes to acquire knowledge and skills and access regional entrepreneurship programs. How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here

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Pioneering Accessible Water Solutions In Rural Africa

Water is life. Yet, millions in rural Africa still lack easy access to safe drinking water. They walk miles daily to fetch water from far-off, often contaminated sources. This affects not only their health but also their education, economic opportunities, and overall quality of life. Our Water Drilling Project aims to change that. According to the World Health Organisation ‘Safe and readily available water is important for public health, whether it is used for drinking, domestic use, food production or recreational purposes. Improved water supply and sanitation, and better management of water resources, can boost countries’ economic growth and can contribute greatly to poverty reduction.’ The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. OUR PROJECTS Our water drilling projects span various African regions, focusing on the most vulnerable communities. We use modern drilling techniques to construct boreholes, wells, and water storage facilities. Alongside this, we also provide necessary training to the residents to maintain and manage these water resources, promoting community ownership and sustainable use. In Zambia we are progressing a project that will open 2000 bore holes in each of the countries 10 provinces targeting rural communities. The initiative is expected to help improve the lives of over one million people.Our approach is not just about providing immediate relief; it’s about fostering long-term water security for the assisted communities. Impact Access to clean water has transformative effects on communities. It leads to improved health by reducing waterborne diseases, enhances agricultural productivity, and frees up time usually spent collecting water, enabling children, particularly girls, to attend school. Impactful Transformation We anticipate significantly reducing water-related illnesses, increasing school attendance, and developing more robust local economies through our projects. At the regional and country level we expect that our work will help alleviate poverty and enable economic development. Our work is making a tangible difference, but there’s still much more to do. How You Can Help Donate Your contributions directly fund our drilling projects and training programs. Fundraising Events Organize an event or create a campaign to fund our foundation. Volunteering Use your skills and time to support our work on the ground. Partner With Us We welcome partnerships with organizations that share our mission. Empower, Donate, Transform Scan the Qr code to Support us With your Donation Or Click The Button Below Donate Here