“The goal is to empower beneficiaries to the extent that they become self-reliant, self sufficient and responsible individuals”

Mala Mwense - Founder & Executive Director

Our Mission

To provide opportunities and facilitate capacity building projects and initiatives to society’s most vulnerable, in order to live above the global poverty line of $2 per day

Our Vision

A Zambia where no matter what a person’s economic background is, they are still able to access quality education, healthcare and employment opportunities that allow them to achieve self sufficiency and to live a dignified life.

Our Aim

To empower those in poverty through access to quality education at all levels and capacity building through social enterprise, skills training and humanitarian interventions with a focus on rural and peri-urban areas of Zambia.

Our Impact

Pad 4 Her

  • 6000+ beneficiaries supported

  • 90,000+ sanitary pads donated at 8 partner schools

  • 28 Menstrual Hygiene Management workshops conducted

  • 500+ online petition signatures

Scholarships

  • 300+ pupils sponsored

  • 8 partner schools supported

  • 1 partnership college supported

  • 88% attendance rate achieved

  • 86% pass rate achieved

Agricultural Skills Training

  • 100+ tonnes of produce grown

  • 800+ pupils trained

  • 10 partnership schools engaged

Revolving Empowerment Fund

  • 10 beneficiary marketeers in the first year

  • $5,000 capital available for disbursement every 4-6 months

  • Targeting $15,000 in capital for 30 beneficiaries

  • 100% Success Rate

Need 2 Feed

  • 10,000+ meals served

  • 5000+ regular beneficiaries

  • 100+ families and households supported on our HNS program

  • 5 educational institutions supported

Our Partners

Life Aid has been our official UK-based strategic partner for the past 10 years. An official charity registered with the UK Charity Commission, it operates in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia and England. Life Aid worked alongside CMF to launch the Need 2 Feed programme in 2013 and has since been a key partner across all of CMF’s projects.

Making School Possible Zambia (MSPZ) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Phoenix, Arizona. CMF and MSPZ have established a partnership in order to support vulnerable students by meeting their educational needs such as tuition and exam fees, uniforms and school shoes as well as other essential expenses such as medical coverage.