We support community efforts:
• to provide high quality preschool education for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds • to promote early child development at family and community levels • to provide children with adequate nutrition • to help parents and carers practice responsive communication and learning through play with their infants and toddlers
The SHAMBA Trust
We work in Swaziland
• Where the prevalence of HIV is the highest in the world: o 31% of adults aged 18-49 o 43% among pregnant women • Where there are many orphans and vulnerable children: o 125,000 orphans - and growing o 25% of under 18s are AIDS orphans • Where poverty is severe o 70% of Swazis live on less than 1.25US$ per day o 40% of Swazis are unemployed
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We support community efforts:
• to provide high quality preschool education for children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds • to promote early child development at family and community levels • to provide children with adequate nutrition • to help parents and carers practice responsive communication and learning through play with their infants and toddlers
We work in Swaziland:
• Where the prevalence of HIV is the highest in the world: o 31% of adults aged 18-49 o 43% among pregnant women • Where there are many orphans and vulnerable children: o 125,000 orphans - and growing o 25% of under 18s are AIDS orphans • Where poverty is severe o 70% of Swazis live on less than 1.25US$ per day o 40% of Swazis are unemployed
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Community Support
We engage with communities through Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs). These care points are centered round a kitchen, where volunteer caregivers from the community cook a mid-day meal for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). NCPs were established by local volunteers to cater for the growing number of OVCs resulting from the AIDs epidemic. Follow this link to see how NCPs have developed into a national programme supported by Government and donors. We currently work with five NCP committees to help them go beyond feeding and provide high quality early years education and development opportunities for their most disadvantaged children. At Nkoyoyo the NCP kitchen was built by the Swedish Free Church and one of the church buildings is used as the preschool, where our Early Childhood Development (ECD) staff work. The NCP committee is chaired by the Pastor and members represent the church, the community, guardians of children at the preschool, as well as SHAMBA. At Roma, Ntambande, Sigengeni and Makhwane SHAMBA partnered with the NCP committees to build kitchen/preschool structures to replace their former mud and stick kitchens. The committees are chaired by local leaders and members represent the community, guardians of children attending the preschool and feeding at the kitchen, as well as SHAMBA.
Community Support
We engage with communities through Neighbourhood Care Points (NCPs). These care points are centered round a kitchen, where volunteer caregivers from the community cook a mid-day meal for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). NCPs were established by local volunteers to cater for the growing number of OVCs resulting from the AIDs epidemic. Follow this link to see how NCPs have developed into a national programme supported by Government and donors. We currently work with three NCP committees to help them go beyond feeding and provide high quality early years education and development opportunities for their most disadvantaged children. At Nkoyoyo the NCP kitchen was built by the Swedish Free Church and one of the church buildings is used as the preschool, where our Early Childhood Development (ECD) staff work. The NCP committee is chaired by the Pastor and members represent the church, the community, guardians of children at the preschool, as well as SHAMBA. At Roma and Ntambande SHAMBA partnered with the NCP committees to build kitchen/preschool structures to replace their former mud and stick kitchens. The committees are chaired by local leaders and members represent the community, guardians of children attending the preschool and feeding at the kitchen, as well as SHAMBA.
Bright Future Preschools
Origin and purpose
The effect of the AIDS epidemic on children born into poor households is devastating. They are poorly nourished and receive very little mental stimulation. As a result they drop out of school early and struggle to find jobs, thus perpetuating the intergenerational poverty cycle. The provision of quality preschool education has been shown to be one of the most cost effective ways of reducing poverty. SHAMBA helps to establish free community preschools. We help to identify or build fit for purpose structures, employ and train teachers, source resources and equipment as well as provide a nutritious breakfast for the children. With the community we enroll children from the most disadvantaged families and ensure that they are not deprived of their right to receive an early years education and development experience equal to that of their peers from more advantaged backgrounds.
Circle time with Teresa,
Thuli and Barbara
Outdoor play
Breakfast
Bright Future Preschools
Origin and purpose
The effect of the AIDS epidemic on children born into poor households is devastating. They are poorly nourished and receive very little mental stimulation. As a result they drop out of school early and struggle to find jobs, thus perpetuating the intergenerational poverty cycle. The provision of quality preschool education has been shown to be one of the most cost effective ways of reducing poverty. SHAMBA helps to establish free community preschools. We help to identify or build fit for purpose structures, employ and train teachers, source resources and equipment as well as provide a nutritious breakfast for the children. With the community we enrol children from the most disadvantaged families and ensure that they are not deprived of their right to receive an early years education and development experience equal to that of their peers from more advantaged backgrounds.
Meet the class of 2017 (Nkoyoyo)
All together now!
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real name
Meet the class of 2017 (Nkoyoyo)
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not my real name
Meet the class of 2017 (Roma)
All together now!
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real name
Meet the class of 2017 (Roma)
Tap on me please: but this is
not my real name
Meet the class of 2017 (Ntambande)
All together now!
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real name
Meet the class of 2017 (Ntambande)
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not my real name
Reading clubs
Poor English is the main reason children in Swaziland fail their exams at the end of primary school. We therefore hold reading clubs one afternoon a week in Nkoyoyo and Roma for children in the first three grades at the local school. The focus is on developing their English skills. Those who attend most regularly win a SHAMBA Reading Club T-shirt.
These reading clubs are run by our amazing volunteers
with help from SHAMBA staff. We focus on a letter each
week and read stories together. The children then read
on their own to one of the volunteers. We need more
volunteers, so if you live near Mbabane and are
interested in helping please contact us.
Reading clubs
Poor English is the main reason children in Swaziland fail their exams at the end of primary school. We therefore hold reading clubs one afternoon a week in Nkoyoyo and Roma for children in the first three grades at the local school. The focus is on developing their English skills. Those who attend most regularly win a SHAMBA Reading Club T-shirt.
We need more volunteers as we would like
the children to be able to practice their
reading so if anyone in the Mbabane area is
interested in helping these children, please
contact us:
These reading clubs are run by our amazing
volunteers with help from SHAMBA staff. We
focus on a letter each week and read stories
together. The children then read on their own
to one of the volunteers.
HEALTH PROMOTION
SHAMBA’s health promotion activities include:
• At the preschool we monitor the children’s health and ensure their immunisations are up-to-date, we also focus on ‘brushing our teeth’. A dentist and oral hygienist also provide the preschool children with free care. • Good hand hygiene is focussed on in the kitchen and at the preschool.
•
We provide a healthy breakfast for the
preschool children.
•
With help from Children’s Cup, we provide a
nutritious lunch for about 180 children each
month at three locations in Mpolonjeni.
HEALTH PROMOTION
SHAMBA’s health promotion activities include:
• At the preschool we monitor the children’s health and ensure their immunisations are up-to-date, we also focus on ‘brushing our teeth’. A dentist and oral hygienist also provide the preschool children with free care. • Good hand hygiene is focussed on in the kitchen and at the preschool. • We provide a healthy breakfast for the preschool children. • With help from Children’s Cup, we provide a nutritious lunch for about 180 children each month at three locations in Mpolonjeni.
SHAMBA Swaziland
Establishment and mission
The SHAMBA Trust (Swaziland) was established on 11 March, 2011 as An Association Not For Profit in terms of Section 17 of the Swaziland Companies Act. Our aim is to develop the capacity of communities to provide disadvantaged children from AIDS affected households with an equitable foundation to lifelong development through the provision of good quality early childhood care and education.Staff
SHAMBA Swaziland is governed by six unpaid Directors (move cursor over photo to see details).
The work of the Trust is undertaken by two of the volunteer directors above and ten paid staff
move curser over a photo to see biodata
Bright Future Nkoyoyo
Bright Future Roma
Bright Future Makhwane
Sinethemba Khumalo
Sinethemba is a practising lawyer and a resident of Mpolonjeni, where SHAMBA is currently working. She has been
instrumental in getting SHAMBA fully registered as a not for profit organisation. In addition to her three children she has
also raised two orphan children
Allan Low
Allan has 23 years experience as an agricultural economist in Southern and Eastern Africa. He wrote a text book on
Agricultural Development in Southern Africa based on his early work in Swaziland. Allan decided to settle here after
retiring.
Anne Low
Anne worked as a medical doctor in Southern Africa for 18 years. She retired to Swaziland, where she reconnected with
a long time friend, Christopher Dlamini. She helped him realise his dream of building a kitchen to feed orphans and
vulnerable children. After his death, she continued his work.
Mapule Phiri
Mapule is our ECD supervisor. She joined SHAMBA in 2015 and worked for a year as ECD officer in Bright Future
Nkoyoyo. She has experience as a primary school teacher and in training parents on early childhood care and
development. She has worked with NGOs to support communities and Neighbourhood Care Points.
Kathy Wells
Kathy is our Project Manager. Kathy has an MSc in Sustainable Development Management and experience of setting up
and running country offices for DFID in Malawi and Swaziland.
Nhlanhla Bhembe
Nhlanhla is our accounting technician. Nhlanhla completed his CAT exams and will qualify as an accounting technician
once he has been accredited with practical competencies, which we hope he will accomplish while working for us.
David Bertram
David was born in Mbabane and educated in Swaziland and South Africa. David’s career has been in shipping. He
became a Chief Officer, before coming ashore in 1996. In 2010, David returned to his birthplace to take over the MSC’s
logistics office in Matsapha as the country manager.
Joy Rockley-Zwane
Joy grew up in the UK and attended university there. She came to Swaziland in 1983 to get married. She has two
children and works as a dentist in her own practice in Mbabane.
Thembi Silombo
Thembi attended school in Piggs Peak in the North of Swaziland. After leaving school she gained an AAT accounting
qualification and is currently enrolled with UNISA pursuing her BCOM degree. In 2004, she joined FNB where she is
now a member of FNB 's Junior Board.
Faith Simelane
Faith is our ECD officer at Roma preschool. She joined SHAMBA at the end of 2014. She shadowed Mapule at Nkoyoyo
preschool for six months and is doing a preschool training course in the holidays. Faith is a resident of Roma and is
well known by the families where her pupils come from.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Nonhlanhla is our ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She joined SHAMBA at the end of 2015. She shadowed Mapule at
Nkoyoyo preschool during the last term of 2015 and will take over from her in 2016. She has previously been invoved
in training parents on early childhood education and development.
Teresa Magagula
Teresa is our assistant ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2011, when we started our
first preschool at Nkoyoyo. She is a resident of Nkoyoyo and a member of the Swedish Free Church, whose building
the Nkoyoyo preschool occupies.
Khabo Dlamini
Khabo is our deputy project manager. Khabo has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and experience of management in
the commercial sector as well as through running her own NGO.
Kanyisile Mashinini
Kanyisile is our assistant ECD officer at Roma preschool. She has been with SHAMBA since 2015, when she spent the
last term shadowing Teresa at Nkoyoyo preschool . She is a resident of Roma and a former caregiver at the Roma 2
Neighbourhood Care Point.
Zethu Bhembe
Zethu has been with SHAMBA since 2016. She was the deputy ECD officer at Ntambande until May 2018, when she
moved to Makhwane as the ECD officer and opened the new school there. She has an IGCSE certificate.
Nomazilo is our community support worker at Bright Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she joined
Zethu to set up the new preschool at Makhwane. She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification.
SHAMBA Swaziland
Establishment and mission
The SHAMBA Trust (Swaziland) was established on 11 March, 2011 as An Association Not For Profit in terms of Section 17 of the Swaziland Companies Act. Our aim is to develop the capacity of communities to provide disadvantaged children from AIDS affected households with an equitable foundation to lifelong development through the provision of good quality early childhood care and education.Staff
SHAMBA Swaziland is governed by six unpaid Directors (move cursor over photo to see details).
move curser over a photo to see biodata
The work of the Trust is undertaken by two
volunteer executive directors (Drs Anne and
Allan Low - see above) and ten paid staff
ECD officers and preschool support staff
management and office support staff
Sinethemba Khumalo
Sinethemba is a practising lawyer and a resident of
Mpolonjeni, where SHAMBA is currently working. She has
been instrumental in getting SHAMBA fully registered as
a not for profit organisation. In addition to her three
children she has also raised two orphan children
Allan Low
Allan has 23 years experience as an agricultural
economist in Southern and Eastern Africa. He wrote a
text book on Agricultural Development in Southern Africa
based on his early work in Swaziland. Allan decided to
settle here after retiring.
Anne Low
Anne worked as a medical doctor in Southern Africa for
18 years. She retired to Swaziland, where she
reconnected with a long time friend, Christopher
Dlamini. She helped him realise his dream of building a
kitchen to feed orphans and vulnerable children. After
his death, she continued his work.
Mapule Phiri
Mapule is our ECD supervisor. She joined SHAMBA in
2015 and worked for a year as ECD officer in Bright
Future Nkoyoyo. She has experience as a primary
school teacher and in training parents on early
childhood care and development. She has worked with
NGOs to support communities and Neighbourhood
Care Points.
Kathy Wells
Kathy is our Project Manager. Kathy has an MSc in
Sustainable Development Management and experience
of setting up and running country offices for DFID in
Malawi and Swaziland.
David Bertram
David was born in Mbabane and educated in Swaziland
and South Africa. David’s career has been in shipping.
He became a Chief Officer, before coming ashore in
1996. In 2010, David returned to his birthplace to take
over the MSC’s logistics office in Matsapha as the
country manager.
Faith Simelane
Faith is our ECD officer at Roma preschool. She joined
SHAMBA at the end of 2014. She shadowed Mapule at
Nkoyoyo preschool for six months and is doing a
preschool training course in the holidays. Faith is a
resident of Roma and is well known by the families
where her pupils come from.
Joy Rockley-Zwane
Joy grew up in the UK and attended university there.
She came to Swaziland in 1983 to get married. She
has two children and works as a dentist in her own
practice in Mbabane.
Thembi Silombo
Thembi attended school in Piggs Peak in the North of
Swaziland. After leaving school she gained an AAT
accounting qualification and is currently enrolled with
UNISA pursuing her BCOM degree. In 2004, she joined
FNB where she is now a member of FNB 's Junior Board.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini
Nonhlanhla is our ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool. She
joined SHAMBA at the end of 2015. She shadowed
Mapule at Nkoyoyo preschool during the last term of
2015 and will take over from her in 2016. She has
previously been invoved in training parents on early
childhood education and development.
Teresa Magagula
Teresa is our assistant ECD officer at Nkoyoyo preschool.
She has been with SHAMBA since 2011, when we started
our first preschool at Nkoyoyo. She is a resident of
Nkoyoyo and a member of the Swedish Free Church,
whose building the Nkoyoyo preschool occupies.
Nomazilo is our community support worker at Bright
Future Makhwane. She trained at Nkoyoyo before she
joined Zethu to set up the new preschool at Makhwane.
She is a resident of Makhwane and has a JC qualification.
Kanyisile Mashinini
Kanyisile is our assistant ECD officer at Roma preschool.
She has been with SHAMBA since 2015, when she spent
the last term shadowing Teresa at Nkoyoyo preschool .
She is a resident of Roma and a former caregiver at the
Roma 2 Neighbourhood Care Point.
Zethu Bhembe
Zethu is our deputy ECD officer at Ntambande preschool.
She has been with SHAMBA since 2016, when she spent
the first term shadowing Nonhlanhla at Nkoyoyo
preschool . She is a resident of Ntambande and has a
IGCSE certificate.
Nhlanhla Bhembe
Nhlanla is our accounting technician. is our assistant ECD
officer at Roma preschool. Nhlanhla completed his CAT
exams and will qualify as an accounting technician once
he has been accredited with practical competencies,
which we hope he will accomplish while working for us.
Khabo Dlamini
Khabo is our deputy project manager. Khabo has a
Bachelor of Commerce degree and experience of
management in the commercial sector as well as through
managing her own NGO.
SHAMBA UK
Establishment and objectives
The SHAMBA Trust (UK) was established as a small charity in December 2011. It is registered with the UK Charity Commission, registration number: 1149849. SHAMBA UK shares the mission and objectives of SHAMBA Swaziland. The funds raised by SHAMBA UK are used mainly, but not exclusively, to support activities undertaken by SHAMBA Swaziland, based on agreed annual activity plans.Trustees
The trustees have all lived and/or worked in Africa. They include specialists in HIV/AIDS, health promotion, law, accountancy and agriculture.
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over photo to
see biodata
Emma Page
Emma was born in South Africa,
went to primary school in
Swaziland and Zimbabwe and to
secondary school in Namibia.
She qualified as a doctor from
Newcastle. She is a specialist in
sexual health and HIV medicine.
Her MD research was on HIV and
Hepatitis C.
Ruth Bell
Ruth is a Senior Lecturer and
Honorary Public Health
Consultant at Newcastle
University. Her research
interests focus on maternal and
perinatal health. She has
worked in Zimbabwe as a
physics teacher and in Namibia
as a public health specialist.
Jim Sweet
Jim is a retired agriculturalist
born and raised in Kenya. He
has long experience in Africa,
including seven years in
Swaziland with the
Commonwealth Development
Corporation and eight years in
Mozambique and Botswana with
FAO.
Sarah Schoeman
Sarah is a specialist in Sexual
Health and HIV Medicine,
currently working in Yorkshire,
UK. Sarah has strong links to
Africa: she was born in
Swaziland, spent most of her
early childhood in Southern
Africa and has in-laws in
Namibia.
Rick Schoeman
Rick was born in Namibia and
moved to the UK in 1998 to
pursue his career as an
accountant after obtaining his
B.Comm from the University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Rick and Sarah travel regularly
to Namibia and Swaziland with
their two children.
Anna Buckley
Anna is an Emergency Medicine
Consultant in London. She has
strong ties to Africa, having
grown up in Kenya and taught
in East African schools. She
recently spent time in
Swaziland, where she saw first-
hand the fantastic work
SHAMBA Swaziland is doing. She
hopes to return soon!
Sheila O’Sullivan
Sheila is a health promotion
specialist in East Sussex. She
previously worked with a
British NGO developing and
managing health promotion
programmes with international
and local partners in Namibia,
South Africa, Tanzania
Zimbabwe and the Middle East
Jonathan Page
Jonathan currently works as a
lawyer in the City of London.
He has travelled extensively in
Southern and Central Africa
and has visited Swaziland. He
has been actively involved in
fundraising for other African
focused charities including one
in Uganda.
SHAMBA UK
Establishment and objectives
The SHAMBA Trust (UK) was established as a small charity in December 2011. It is registered with the UK Charity Commission, registration number: 1149849. SHAMBA UK shares the mission and objectives of SHAMBA Swaziland. The funds raised by SHAMBA UK are used mainly, but not exclusively, to support activities undertaken by SHAMBA Swaziland, based on agreed annual activity plans.Trustees
The trustees have all lived and/or worked in Africa. They include specialists in HIV/AIDS, health promotion, law, accountancy and agriculture.
touch photo to
see biodata
Emma Page
Emma was born in South
Africa, went to primary
school in Swaziland and
Zimbabwe and to secondary
school in Namibia. She
qualified as a doctor from
Newcastle. She is a
specialist in sexual health
and HIV medicine. Her MD
research was on HIV and
Hepatitis C.
Ruth Bell
Ruth is a Senior Lecturer
and Honorary Public Health
Consultant at Newcastle
University. Her research
interests focus on maternal
and perinatal health. She
has worked in Zimbabwe as
a physics teacher and in
Namibia as a public health
specialist.
Jim Sweet
Jim is a retired
agriculturalist born and
raised in Kenya. He has long
experience in Africa,
including seven years in
Swaziland with the
Commonwealth
Development Corporation
and eight years in
Mozambique and Botswana
with FAO.
Sarah Schoeman
Sarah is a specialist in
Sexual Health and HIV
Medicine, currently working
in Yorkshire, UK. Sarah has
strong links to Africa: she
was born in Swaziland, spent
most of her early childhood
in Southern Africa and has
in-laws in Namibia.
Rick Schoeman
Rick was born in Namibia
and moved to the UK in
1998 to pursue his career
as an accountant after
obtaining his B.Comm from
the University of
Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Rick and Sarah travel
regularly to Namibia and
Swaziland with their two
children.
Anna Buckley
Anna is an Emergency
Medicine Consultant in
London. She has strong ties
to Africa, having grown up
in Kenya and taught in East
African schools. She
recently spent time in
Swaziland, where she saw
first-hand the fantastic
work SHAMBA Swaziland is
doing. She hopes to return
soon!
Sheila O’Sullivan
Sheila is a health
promotion specialist in East
Sussex. She previously
worked with a British NGO
developing and managing
health promotion
programmes with
international and local
partners in Namibia, South
Africa, Tanzania Zimbabwe
and the Middle East
Jonathan Page
Jonathan currently works
as a lawyer in the City of
London. He has travelled
extensively in Southern and
Central Africa and has
visited Swaziland. He has
been actively involved in
fundraising for other
African focused charities
including one in Uganda.
Supply and use of resources
The value of resources supplied and used in the six years from April 2011 to March
2017 is shown below. Cash revenue in 2017 was boosted by an EU grant (see
revenue resources page). The difference in the heights of the supply and use bars
indicates the size of reserves carried over into next year.
£
Supply and use of resources
The value of resources supplied and used
in the six years from April 2011 to March
2017 is shown below. Cash revenue in 2017
was boosted by an EU grant (see revenue
resources page). The difference in the
heights of the supply and use bars
indicates the size of reserves carried over
into next year.
£
Revenue sources from April 2011
From April 2011 to March 2017 we have raised £175,800. One third of this funding has come from private donations from individuals living in Europe, New Zealand and the USA, as well as individuals living in Swaziland. We have received grants of over £5000 from two companies, two foundations and the EU: - the companies are GIEAD Europe in 2013/14 and Datatorque Ltd, New Zealand in 2015/16. - the foundations are the US Ambassador’s Fund and The ELMA Foundation, both in 2015/16. - the EU grant is for three years and the first year’s tranch reflected below was received in 2016/17 Smaller awards have been received from: The Swaziland Society, ABC Africa, All Out Africa, Cambridge University, Montessori Preschool in Mbabane, Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC, Pennal Anglican Church in Wales and the Rotarty Club of Barton Le Clay in the UK.
Revenue sources from April 2011
From April 2011 to March 2017 we have raised £175,800. One third of this funding has come from private donations from individuals living in Europe, New Zealand and the USA, as well as individuals living in Swaziland. We have received grants of over £5000 from two companies, two foundations and the EU: - the companies are GIEAD Europe in 2013/14 and Datatorque Ltd, New Zealand in 2015/16. - the foundations are the US Ambassador’s Fund and The ELMA Foundation, both in 2015/16. - the EU grant is for three years and the first year’s tranch reflected below was received in 2016/17 Smaller awards have been received from: The Swaziland Society, ABC Africa, All Out Africa, Cambridge University, Montessori Preschool in Mbabane, Sidwell Friends School in Washington DC, Pennal Anglican Church in Wales and the Rotarty Club of Barton Le Clay in the UK.
Contact details and location
PO Box 702, Mbabane
Swaziland
info@shambatrust.org
www.shambatrust.org
+268 76718387
Contact details and location
PO Box 702, Mbabane
Swaziland
info@shambatrust.org
www.shambatrust.org
+268 76718387
Newsletter and other publications
We send a newsletter to our donors
and supporters in June and
December. If you would like to
receive one please complete and
submit the form below.
remember you can always
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You can download other publications by
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Newsletter and other publications
We send a newsletter to our donors and
supporters in June and December. If you
would like to receive one please complete
and submit the form below.
remember you can always keep up with our
current activities by clicking on the facebook
icon at the bottom of the page
You can download other publications by
clicking on the approprate titles below:
Monetary donations
SHAMBA relies on donors for the continuation of its work. All donations help us to expand our projects and allow us to help more children, young people and women in need. All contributions are greatly appreciated and a receipt will be emailed to you.
Monthly recurring donations make it easy for us to plan our ongoing activities while considering options for expansion
into new projects.
If you would like to make a bank deposit or set up a standing order, we have bank accounts
with:
follow the link to see how
you can join our sponsor a
preschool place scheme
with a donation of
£10/month
Monetary donations
SHAMBA relies on donors for the continuation of its work. All donations help us to expand our projects and allow us to help more children, young people and women in need. All contributions are greatly appreciated and a receipt will be emailed to you.
Monthly recurring donations make it easy for us to
plan our ongoing activities.
If you would like to make a bank deposit or set
up a standing order, we have bank accounts
with:
follow the link to see
how you can join our
sponsor a preschool
place scheme with a
donation of £10/month
Volunteers
and far:
from near:
Jenny Hodder
Oct/Nov, 2012,
2013
preschool
Karly Southworth
2010-2012
a founder
director
Mike and Jo Long Feb 2013
leadership training
Charlotte Hemmingway
Oct-Dec 2013
preschool, reading club
Clare Ebelewicz
Nov 2013-Jan 2015
programme manager
Barbara
Cummergen
ongoing
preschool, reading
club
Bonnie Hook
Dec 2012-Feb 2013
intern
Ongoing:
Gill - reading club
Teresa - reading club
Linda - games club
Lencia - kids clubs
Xolile - kids clubs
Doris - kids clubs
Bheki - kitchen garden
Muzi - adult literacy
Trudy - catering
Please contact us if you would like to help with
any of our ongong projects. We would love to
hear from you:
info@shambatrust.org
Anna Beneus
2014
preschool
Volunteers
and far:
from near:
Jenny Hodder
Oct/Nov, 2012,
2013
preschool
Karly Southworth
2010-2012
a founder director
Mike and Jo Long Feb 2013
leadership training
Charlotte Hemmingway
Oct-Dec 2013
preschool, reading club
Clare Ebelewicz
Nov 2013-Jan 2015
programme manager
Barbara
Cummergen
ongoing
preschool,
reading club
Bonnie Hook
Dec 2012-Feb
2013
intern
Ongoing:
Gill - reading club
Teresa - reading club
Linda - games club
Lencia - kids clubs
Xolile - kids clubs
Doris - kids clubs
Bheki - kitchen garden
Muzi - adult literacy
Trudy - catering
Please contact us if you would like to
help with any of our ongong projects.
We would love to hear from you:
info@shambatrust.org
Anna Beneus
2014
preschool
Help fund a preschool place - and make a real difference
click here to see how An OECD study provides evidence that quality preschool education for children living in poverty who would not otherwise receive it is one of the best poverty reduction interventions that can be made, with a 16:1 return. The impacts are dramatic. One study found that the percentages of children ready for primary school and graduating from high school were much higher for those receiving preschool education than those not receiving it.If you would like to set up a standing order, we have bank accounts with:
We will send you the above twice a year. In addition you could email letters or notes you would like us to read to the children.
Each information sheet will feature a different child, so you will get to know many of the children attending our preschools.
Please select an option below to help fund a preschool place. You can unsubscribe at any time.
How the scheme works
If you subscribe £10 per month (or more) we will send you an information sheet with:
- Information on the featured child’s background
- Copy of a piece of work the child has recently done at
the school
- A drawing or brief letter/note from the child
- The latest teacher’s report on the child’s progress
Help fund a preschool place - and make a
real difference click here to see how
An OECD study provides evidence that quality preschool education for children living in poverty who would not otherwise receive it is one of the best poverty reduction interventions that can be made, with a 16:1 return. The impacts are dramatic. One study found that the percentages of children ready for primary school and graduating from high school were much higher for those receiving preschool education than those not receiving it.If you would like to set up a standing order, we
have bank accounts with:
We will send you the above twice a year. In addition
you could email letters or notes you would like us to
read to the children.
Each information sheet will feature a different child,
so you will get to know many of the children
attending our preschools.
Please select an option below to help fund a
preschool place. You can unsubscribe at any time.
How the scheme works:
If you subscribe £10 per month (or more) we will
send you an information sheet with:
•
information on the featured child’s
background
•
Copy of a piece of work the child has recently
done at the school
•
A drawing or brief letter/note from the child
•
The latest teacher’s report on the child’s
progress
16 mile swim sponsorship
Start of the aQuelle Midmar Mile, the largest open
water swimming event in the World
My name is Chris Stapley. I live in
Swaziland. I am one of 10 swimmers
who have been invited to take part
in the aQuelle Midmar 16 mile club
event in February, 2018.
To take part in the event, swimmers
undertake to raise R20,000 for a
charity agreed to by the organisers.
I will be swimming for SHAMBA.
Mission Accomplished!
16 miles successfully swum and
E30,000 raised for SHAMBA and the
disadvantaged children in Swaziland
Coongratulations Chris and thank you
and all your sponsors for your support to
SHAMBA
Rands
Corporate sponsors
16 mile swim sponsorship
Start of the aQuelle Midmar Mile, the largest open
water swimming event in the World
My name is Chris Stapley. I live in
Swaziland. I am one of 10 swimmers
who have been invited to take part
in the aQuelle Midmar 16 mile club
event in February, 2018.
To take part in the event, swimmers
undertake to raise R20,000 for a
charity agreed to by the organisers.
I will be swimming for SHAMBA.
Mission Accomplished!
16 miles successfully swum and
E30,000 raised for SHAMBA and the
disadvantaged children in Swaziland
Coongratulations Chris and thank
you and all your sponsors for your
support to SHAMBA
Corporate sponsors
construction at Roma
The building programme
Where no suitable buildings exist in a community SHAMBA helps to build fit for purpose structures to house the preschool and kitchen. See plan below. To date two mud and stick buildings have been replaced, one at Roma and one at Ntambande. In 2018 we hope to complete five more structures.
Buy a brick appeal
We are launching a “buy a brick” appeal to support our 2018 building
programme, see below. Through this appeal we hope to raise £10,000 to
cover the cost of one building.
Please click on the brick to buy one or more, and
check this page regularly to see how the appeal
is doing. Thank you for your support
Buy a brick appeal
The appeals
We are launching a “buy a brick” appeal to
support our 2018 building programme, see below.
Through this appeal we hope to raise £10,000 to
cover the cost of one building.
Please click on the brick below to buy one or more, and check this page regularly to see how the appeal is doing. Thank you for your supportThe building programme
Where no suitable buildings exist in a community, SHAMBA helps to build fit for purpose structures to house the preschool and kitchen. To date two mud and stick buildings have been replaced, one at Roma and one at Ntambande. In 2018 we hope to complete five more structures. Construction work at Roma is shown below.
Support us for free when you shop
Collect free donations to the SHAMBA Trust when you shop online or in store, and support some of the neediest
children in Swaziland!
We are registered with Easyfundraising and Give As You Live, both of which will donate a percentage of your bill to us
at no cost to yourselves. All you have to do is sign up by clicking on one of the links below. Then install the reminder
toolbar which tells you when you are on the site of a participating retailer. Both fundraisers have their own apps to
facilitate mobile shopping
Support us for free when you shop
Collect free donations to the SHAMBA Trust when you
shop online or in store, and support some of the
neediest children in Swaziland!
We are registered with Easyfundraising and Give As You
Live, both of which will donate a percentage of your
bill to us at no cost to yourselves. All you have to do is
sign up by clicking on one of the links below. Then
install the reminder toolbar which tells you when you
are on the site of a participating retailer. Both
fundraisers have their own apps to facilitate mobile
shopping
What’s in a name? that which we call….
SHAMBA stands for Self Help Action to Mitigate the Burden of Aids
and shamba is an East African word meaning home garden. Most poor
households in peri-urban and urban settings in Africa have a “shamba”,
which is often cultivated intensively to provide a major part of a
household’s basic staple food requirement. This therefore epitomizes
the idea of poor households in Africa helping themselves to survive and
prosper against the odds.
BLOG
Date: 21 October 2015
Reading Club members win T-shirts for good attendance records
Date: 22 May 2015
Preschool graduates excel at primary school: claim top places in first term
Date: 16 April 2015
Ntambande Kids Club gets a treat from KFC - play the video
Date: 13 March 2015
The Times of Swaziland publishes an article about SHAMBA: read it on this link
Date: 11 March, 2011
What’s in a name? that which we call….
SHAMBA stands for Self Help Action to
Mitigate the Burden of Aids and
shamba is an East African word meaning
home garden. Most poor households in peri-
urban and urban settings in Africa have a
“shamba”, which is often cultivated
intensively to provide a major part of a
household’s basic staple food requirement.
This therefore epitomizes the idea of poor
households in Africa helping themselves to
survive and prosper against the odds.
BLOG
Date: 21 October 2015
Reading Club members win T-shirts for good
attendance records
Date: 22 May 2015
Preschool graduates excel at primary school:
claim top places in first term
Date: 16 April 2015
Ntambande Kids Club gets a treat from KFC -
play the video
Date: 13 March 2015
The Times of Swaziland publishes an article
about SHAMBA: read it on this link
Date: 11 March, 2011
EU Grant
SHAMBA has received a grant of Euro 366,000 from the European
Union to enable us to increase the number of communities we
support from three to nine over the next three years.
The main emphasis of the project will be to build and run six
more community preschools/kitchens and to deliver quality
preschool education to the most disadvantaged children from
the communities. The project also includes a programme to
promote the positive interaction of parents with their infants and toddlers (PIPIT), as well as a
national study on the provision of quality early years education for disadvantaged children. The
EU funds cover 90% of the cost of the project. Our other support continues to be vital to meet
the balance of the costs of the project, non project costs and to ensure the new preschools
continue to operate after the project ends.
Month 4: June 2017
building starts at SiGengeni
Month 4: May 2017
•
project vehicles purchased
•
agreements signed with
two communities in
Shishelweni
•
Times of Swaziland article
published
•
ELMA staff visit to review
funding application
Month 3: April 2017
•
deputy project manager
recruited
•
induction for management
staff undertaken
•
funding application invited
from ELMA foundation
Progress with the implementation of project ations will be shown in the table below.
to see photos of ongoing project actions, click on the facebook icon
EU Grant
SHAMBA has received a grant of Euro
366,000 from the European Union to enable
us to increase the number of communities
we support from three to nine over the next
three years.
The main emphasis of the project will be to
build and run six more community
preschools/kitchens and to deliver quality
preschool education to the most
disadvantaged children from the
communities. The project also includes a
programme to promote the positive
interaction of parents with their infants and
toddlers (PIPIT), as well as a national study
on the provision of quality early years
education for disadvantaged children. The
EU funds cover 90% of the cost of the
project. Our other support continues to be
vital to meet the balance of the costs of the
project, non project costs and to ensure the
new preschools continue to operate after
the project ends.
To see photos of ongoing project
actions, click on the facebook
icon below.