Projects Supported by DISA

DISA's Projects Committee has the strategy of funding financially small scale, reliable and verifiable projects focusing on Zambians helping Zambians. Small grants allow DISA to spread help widely, reflecting different members' interests and avoid building dependence. We can do a lot of good with small amounts of money that help many in the community. DISA assists children, youth, women, adults or children with special needs, others at the discretion of the committee. For a project to be considered by DISA it needs to be reliable, verifiable, financially small scale.
Current projects supported by DISA:

1. Kafwa drop-in Center
2. Mutendere Chicken Cooperative
3. Ipusukilo Community School
4. Living Hope Foundation
5. Anchor Orphanage  
6. Nsansa Village Community Development Mission
7. Dedama Community School
8. Coptic Mission
9. Natubelenge Children's Library
10. APTERS, Appropriate Paper Technology

Kafwa Drop-in Center is located in Garden Compound and run by Auntie Rosemary. School construction began in 2016. From 2017 the classes are taught in 3 new classrooms. Library, dining room and kitchen need to be finished (no roof). There are 60 students from grade 0 to grade 7, 2 permanent teachers and 1 part time teacher. DISA donated new student desks, black board, table mats, drinking bucket, brazier, sponsored cost of repairing of several desks, etc 

Mutendere Chicken Cooperative is the co-op of single mothers of children with disabilities in Kanyama Compound. They raise and sell chicken. They sustain their families and send their children to school. DISA donated wire and fitting, chicken drinkers.

Ipusukilo (Great Hill) Community School is located in Ng'ombe Compound. DISA got involved with this project in 2017. The members donated the books, floor mats and three tables for the baby classes. 

Living Hope Foundation is a school and orphanage located between Roma Park and Garden Compound. DISA donated clothes, sewing machine, three sets of bunk beds, mattresses, mosquito nets.

Anchor Orphanage is a school and orphanage located in Chisamba District. It was founded in 2006 with 11 students. Now it has 79 orphans living and studying at the school for free. The donation of 500 bags of cement by Lafarge, support in transportation costs of the cement by DISA and financial aid for the roof by DISA and DC made it possible for Anchor Orphanage to start working on a building with two classrooms, a laboratory and some office space in 2017. Anchor Orphanage Inauguration took place on October 2, 2018.

Nsansa Village Community Development Mission is a rescue center for street boys. DISA donated sleeping mats, blankets, stove and gas bottle. Our members assisted in educating the staff and children on hygiene, household chores and growing vegetables garden.

Dedama Community School is located in Foxdale and run by Madam Edna. DISA members donated re-usable sanitary pads for the girls, toilet paper. DISA paid the cost for emptying and disinfecting the pit-latrines. 

Coptic Mission (Coptic Hospital) contacted DISA asking for help. A group of street women was hired to work at the construction site of the new hospital. the construction was nearly finished, the hospital sought new opportunities for the group in order to prevent them from returning to the street. DISA funded school fees. The women will pay back when they get jobs. The money will go back to the hospital for other initiatives. 

Natubelenge Children's Library was running every Saturday in the open air in Ndeke Village. DISA donated black board and chalks, books, floor mats. Our members visited to read the books to the children. In January 2019 the library moved into a building thanks to the help from Chinese Embassy.