Keepers Zambia Foundation

Keepers Zambia Foundation (KZF) is a Zambian non-governmental development organisation that has worked to improve livelihoods since 1996. Its stated vision is "a Zambia where all communities are resilient, inclusive, and able to thrive sustainably," and its mission is to empower communities to achieve sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing through responsible resource utilisation, capacity building, and inclusive development. The organisation describes its goal as advancing sustainable, positive change for less privileged and marginalised people in both peri-urban and rural communities through collective action and support. Over roughly three decades KZF has grown from a regional to a national organisation, expanding its activities across different provinces of Zambia. Its programmes span climate resilience, food security, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), child protection, and livelihood strengthening. According to its own reporting, these efforts have reached over 1.8 million people. The foundation works with partners and donors to deliver projects in districts including Choma, Kaoma, Lukulu, Chongwe and Rufunsa, and across Southern and Western Provinces. KZF's project portfolio includes strengthening food security and resilience of vulnerable groups in Choma, a Choma nutrition and health project, the Kaoma Agriculture Recovery Support Project (KDARSP), work to strengthen vulnerable households' resilience capacity in Lukulu District, an integrated emergency response for El Niño drought-affected communities in Zambia (GAC) across Southern and Western Provinces, and community-led action for climate resilience in Chongwe and Rufunsa Districts. The organisation positions itself as a community-centred development partner focused on equitable, sustainable and viable development for marginalised populations.

Keepers Zambia Foundation states that it has been improving livelihoods since 1996. Over a period of about 30 years, the organisation reports that it grew from a regional to a national organisation by expanding activities across different provinces in Zambia. Its programmes have come to span climate resilience, food security, WASH, child protection, and livelihood strengthening, and it reports reaching over 1.8 million people. The foundation's project record reflects this geographic and thematic expansion. In Choma District it has implemented work on strengthening food security and resilience of vulnerable groups, alongside a nutrition and health project. In Kaoma it has run the Kaoma Agriculture Recovery Support Project (KDARSP). In Lukulu District it has worked on strengthening vulnerable households' resilience capacity. Across Southern and Western Provinces it has delivered an integrated emergency response for El Niño drought-affected communities (GAC), and in Chongwe and Rufunsa Districts it has supported community-led action for climate resilience. KZF describes its vision as a Zambia where all communities are resilient, inclusive, and able to thrive sustainably, and its mission as empowering communities to achieve sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing through responsible resource utilisation, capacity building, and inclusive development. Its goal is to advance sustainable, positive change for the less privileged and marginalised people in both peri-urban and rural communities through collective actions and support. The organisation works with partners and donors to fund and deliver these programmes.

• 1996

  Keepers Zambia Foundation begins improving livelihoods, according to its official website.

• Over about 30 years, KZF grows from a regional to a national organisation, expanding activities across different provinces in Zambia.

• KZF reports reaching over 1.8 million people through its programmes.

A community-centred Zambian development organisation delivering equitable, sustainable and viable development for marginalised rural and peri-urban populations.

1. 1Keepers Zambia Foundation – Empowering Communities Through Sustainable Initiativeskeeperszambia.org
2. 2Projects – Keepers Zambia Foundation | Empowering Local Communitieskeeperszambia.org
3. 3Keepers Zambia Foundationwikidata.org