Dream Elementary School Zambia

I am currently volunteering in Zambia for three months.

I am teaching at Dream Elementary School just out of Livingstone. To go to school in Zambia families must pay. This means a lot of children from poor families do not have the opportunity to go to school. Dream Elementary school has been set up by a local group called Dream Livingstone who wanted to create a school where students could go to learn for free. The school currently has 3 classrooms and their are 2 paid local teachers. The third classroom is taught by volunteers (this is the senior classroom). The school mainly relies on volunteers to provide basic stationary- pencils, crayons, workbooks etc. I am currently co-teaching the senior class with another volunteer who has been here for 10 weeks. One of the main needs she has identified in the school are classroom books/readers for the students. Most of the students are just learning how to read and the books that are there are far too advanced for them.

We have found a school supplier in South Africa who has a variety of beginning reader books based on living in Africa. We are wanting to purchase sets of 6 books for the school. These books are quite cheap (around $1 each) plus postage. We would also like to purchase some lockable cupboards to store the books in. Any donations would be hugely appreciated! $5 would be a great help!!!