We are a team of Czech volunteers who have been working for the third year in cooperation with the Zambian non-profit organization NRCS on the construction of a secondary school in the Kashitu, Zambia. The local partner organization has successfully completed a number of projects – it has built two kindergartens and two primary schools, runs training programs in beekeeping, agriculture, livestock farming and carpentry for young people, and provides support for orphaned children as well as financial education.
Through these projects, the quality of life of approximately 18,000 people in the Kashitu area is being improved, giving us confidence that our current cooperation has a truly long-term and sustainable impact.
Why support the project long-term?
By committing to our long-term goal, in a simple and flexible way, through a monthly donation, you become an active partner in the construction of a school that will provide education to 250 students from Kashitu.
What initiatives have we completed so far? A secondary school campus is gradually taking shape on a 14-hectare site in Kashitu. By 2030, we plan to launch a pilot program for approximately 250 students, initially for grades 8 and 9, complemented by practical training in crafts and trades.
In the future, the entire campus will consist of 15–20 buildings, which will be constructed gradually in subsequent phases. We are able to build one building per year. With each project, however, a local team of ten workers learns a specific part of the construction.
In this way, we are not only building a school for local children, but also giving the local community the opportunity to learn and eventually complete the rest of the campus independently.
For long-term stability, a self-sustaining and well-functioning school must be able to finance its operational costs—its day-to-day running. This can be challenging even in our european conditions, and even more so in a country with more challenging economic conditions. In cooperation with NRCS, we therefore designed a system that helps cover the school’s operating costs. It is based on workshops that also serve as the foundation for the school’s future vocational programs, which is why they have facilities within the buildings constructed. For the local community, however, the most significant activity is beekeeping, which has become the connecting component of all the workshops. The school will have its own beekeeping training center with practice hives and a honey processing facility, and it will also produce beekeeping equipment, wooden hive components, and protective beekeeping suits. Beekeeping is growing rapidly in Zambia. Zambian honey is an important export commodity and has a strong reputation across the African region. Beekeeping has been practiced in Kashitu since 2002, and since then NRCS has trained around 2,000 beekeepers.
Thank you for your support. Together, we have already succeeded in building this part of the newly emerging campus.
Learn more about the secondary school project on our website here.
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Ceremonial opening of the workshop on 27/09/2023 in the presence of the Czech ambassador to Zambia Pavel Procházka and local political representatives
On September 27, in the presence of the Czech ambassador to Zambia, Pavel Procházka, District Commission Office of the President, Mr Francis Hasalama, and other authorities, a new workshop was opened, which had been built in three months by Czech builders with local volunteers. Doing so, they used the new construction technology of interlocking unburnt bricks stabilized with cement. It can help local people to achieve a better quality of life. The workshop is the first building of the future high school for 250 students. For now, it will function as a training centre for this new construction technology.
200 local people, including guests, gathered for the festive event. Representatives of municipal and government officials also came. Ambassador of the Czech Republic Pavel Procházka said at the opening of the building: “We gathered here in the heart of Kashitu with great joy and pride to celebrate the result of the cooperation of Czech and Zambian volunteers, representatives of Czech Technical University in Prague and the local New Renato Community Society. The opening of this workshop marks the beginning of an ambitious project that brings a better future for the people of Kashitu.”
“The opening of this workshop marks the beginning of an ambitious project that brings a better future for the people of Kashitu.” Pavel Prochazka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Zambia
We thank to all the donors, partners and volunteers thanks to them the workshop could be constructed!
How did we build the first building in summer - the workshop?
In the construction participated:
10 local volunteers for 3 months
3 volunteering people from a local NNO NRCS - for 3.5 months
18 Czech volunteers for a period from 10 days to 3.5 months
10 Czech volunteers in the Czech Republic - logistical, fundraising and PR support for 3.5 months
Only during the construction alone, we all volunteered more than 11,380 hours, which is like 5.5 full-time working loads for the whole year. There are currently 30 volunteers in the Czech Republic participating in the Kashitu Secondary School project without the require to a fee.
Digging foundations (all by hand) Concreting the base plate (all by hand) Formwork and concreting of columns Finally making bricks on special brick machines that arrived two months later Visit of the Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs We are bricklaying! Truss placement (all by hand, no cranes) Just completed! - with volunteers and some members of the local NNO New Renato
Do you have an idea, willingness, and time? Do you want to actively dedicate yourself to the project, or occasionally help out? Contact us and we can arrange it. The preparatory phase takes place mostly in the Czech Republic. Whether it’s organising public events, assisting in the preparation of exhibitions, or promoting the project any help is welcome. Write us at: info@newrenato.org. Thank you!
Support financially the second building - the multifunctional house here.
Thank you!
9/2/2023
We have it whole!
Dear and kind donors, THANK YOU!
Thanks to you and new partners, we managed to get the entire amount for the car and trailer. They are our WHOLES and will be used for the next phase of the construction of the secondary school!
Thank you! In its acquisition have participated significantly new partners among individuals (4) and the companies Sytherm s.r.o., MB Omnia Logistic s.r.o. and EkoWATT CZ s. r. o.
Before the next stage of construction, we will lend the car and the trailer to the local organization New Renato. It will be able to use it under the condition that the profit from its use will go to the fund for the next stage of the construction of the secondary school. We will agree on the exact conditions in the second half of September, when the representatives of our association will arrive in Kashitu.
You can still contribute to the construction of the secondary school here. Thanks to additional funds and if time permits, we could complete more than just a rough construction of the current workshop building.
The benefit sale remains in operation until 20.9., when builders in Zambia still have the opportunity to get the products. We draw your attention in particular to honey, the export of which is limited. There are currently 6 more pieces available (they will appear in the system when the internet connection from Zambia starts up).
Thank you for building with us! We appreciate it and especially the local people who build with us!
Warmly,
Friends of New Renato and the Realization Team of ICWD CTU (proklik na jejich web)
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mysleli jsme, že auto budeme muset prodat, protože zpoždění cihlovaček si vyžádalo alternativní postup prací. Tím vznikly další náklady. Ale snažíme se šetřit a smlouvat, kde se dá. Stavaři aktualizovali rozpočet a spočítali jsme, že když uděláme hrubou stavbu, bude nám chybět 120.000 Kč, abychom ho nemuseli prodat za stavební materiál a mohlo projektu SŠ sloužit dál. Myslíme si, že se jedná o částku, o kterou stojí bojovat a pevně věříme, že se nám ve spolupráci s Vámi podaří částku vybrat. Potřebujeme hlavně, aby se následující informace, co nejrychleji rozšířila a oslovili jsme co největší počet lidí. S tím nám určitě můžete pomoci i Vy.
Do konce srpna shromažďujeme tedy peníze na hlavní sbírce zde. Start stav ke dni 15.sprna 2023 je zde 83.000 Kč a pokud chceme, aby auto zůstalo naše, abychom další stavební sezonu nemuseli shánět další, je potřeba, aby stav sbírky DO KONCE SRPNA ukazoval203.000 Kč. V opačném případě auto prodáme a prostředky vložíme do stavby.
DĚKUJEME Vám za dosavadní podporu i sdílení této zprávy, aby se nám podařilo oslovit další dárce!
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Ceremonial opening of the workshop on 27/09/2023 in the presence of the Czech ambassador to Zambia Pavel Procházka and local political representatives
Do you have an idea, willingness, and time? Do you want to actively dedicate yourself to the project, or occasionally help out? Contact us and we can arrange it. The preparatory phase takes place mostly in the Czech Republic. Whether it’s organising public events, assisting in the preparation of exhibitions, or promoting the project any help is welcome.
Thank you!
Dear and kind donors, THANK YOU!Thanks to you and new partners, we managed to get the entire amount for the car and trailer. They are our WHOLES and will be used for the next phase of the construction of the secondary school!Thank you! In its acquisition have participated significantly new partners among individuals (4) and the companies Sytherm s.r.o., MB Omnia Logistic s.r.o. and EkoWATT CZ s. r. o.Before the next stage of construction, we will lend the car and the trailer to the local organization New Renato. It will be able to use it under the condition that the profit from its use will go to the fund for the next stage of the construction of the secondary school. We will agree on the exact conditions in the second half of September, when the representatives of our association will arrive in Kashitu.You can still contribute to the construction of the secondary school here. Thanks to additional funds and if time permits, we could complete more than just a rough construction of the current workshop building.The benefit sale remains in operation until 20.9., when builders in Zambia still have the opportunity to get the products. We draw your attention in particular to honey, the export of which is limited. There are currently 6 more pieces available (they will appear in the system when the internet connection from Zambia starts up).Thank you for building with us! We appreciate it and especially the local people who build with us!Warmly,Friends of New Renato and the Realization Team of ICWD CTU (proklik na jejich web)
Vážení sympatizanti a dárci,mysleli jsme, že auto budeme muset prodat, protože zpoždění cihlovaček si vyžádalo alternativní postup prací. Tím vznikly další náklady. Ale snažíme se šetřit a smlouvat, kde se dá. Stavaři aktualizovali rozpočet a spočítali jsme, že když uděláme hrubou stavbu, bude nám chybět 120.000 Kč, abychom ho nemuseli prodat za stavební materiál a mohlo projektu SŠ sloužit dál. Myslíme si, že se jedná o částku, o kterou stojí bojovat a pevně věříme, že se nám ve spolupráci s Vámi podaří částku vybrat. Potřebujeme hlavně, aby se následující informace, co nejrychleji rozšířila a oslovili jsme co největší počet lidí. S tím nám určitě můžete pomoci i Vy.Do konce srpna shromažďujeme tedy peníze na hlavní sbírce zde. Start stav ke dni 15.sprna 2023 je zde 83.000 Kč a pokud chceme, aby auto zůstalo naše, abychom další stavební sezonu nemuseli shánět další, je potřeba, aby stav sbírky DO KONCE SRPNA ukazoval 203.000 Kč. V opačném případě auto prodáme a prostředky vložíme do stavby.DĚKUJEME Vám za dosavadní podporu i sdílení této zprávy, aby se nám podařilo oslovit další dárce!
