The small villages of the Mfuwe area are typical of those in many rural areas of Africa. Water is typically only available from rivers and streams, or by digging simple boreholes in dried riverbeds. This water is often unclean and a source of many water borne diseases.
The water can be a long way from the village, a potentially dangerous journey on foot, usually by women and children.
The provision of a central, easily accessible source of safe, clean drinking water is an immense benefit to the entire community. Each borehole improves the daily lives of hundreds of people…especially the children.
With access to safe, clean water, people are able to achieve a much better balance between their needs and those of the environment. People can only appreciate the need for conservation when the daily demands of their own lives are met.
The gift of something as simple and basic as clean water goes a long way to fulfilling those demands and helps to ensure the preservation of a unique area where the needs of the human and natural world are too often in conflict.
Sponsoring Education
We focus on supporting students who have the academic abilities and mindset, but do not have the economic means, to leverage education as a catalyst. Through educational scholarships we have put emphasis on tertiary education (post high school) so that young people are empowered to have choices to create a sustainable future.
The Attias group has Provided Holistic, Economic and Academic support to students and their families in Mfuwe, Zambia.
LIKANDO MAIMBOLWA
ATTIAS GROUP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
LUSAKA APEX
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Likando is finishing her first semester at Lusaka Apex Medical University working towards a four-year degree in nursing. She is from a family of three children, the eldest being her disabled sister. Her father is employed by the Department of National Parks & Wildlife, but he is unable to send her to college as it is beyond his means. Likando is a kind, intelligent and ambitious young woman. She also believes that nursing will better equip her to tend to her sister, who needs constant care and will one day become her responsibility.
MARGARET PHIRI
ATTIAS GROUP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Margaret Phiri is from the rural village of Mambwe, Zambia and is now studying clinical medicine with the plan of becoming a doctor. She is currently conducting her internship in Livingstone, Zambia, treating patients for Tuberculosis and HIV. She is dedicated to the medical profession and making a difference in her country.
JOY BANDA
ATTIAS GROUP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
COPPERSTONE UNIVERSITY
Joy’s father has worked as a scout with the Zambian Carnivore Program (ZCP) since 2009 and prior to that with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife. He is an indispensable member of their team and when asked if he was interested in furthering his education, he instead asked if ZCP would support his daughter to attend college. Joy is now in her third and final year of college receiving a Bachelor’s of Occupational Safety and Health.
FESTUS PHIRI
ATTIAS GROUP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
UNIVERSITY CAVENDISH, LUSAKA ZAMBIA
This year a portion of our educational contribution will also benefit Festus Phiri of Mfuwe. He will start with a one-year program in the Foundations of Medicine and then with the proper grades, will continue to a 5 year program in medicine. He is attending Cavendish University, Lusaka Zambia in 2022. His hope as well as ours is that through higher education he will support himself, his family and his community to thrive.
