The report covers the activities which the SWEZAM project undertook from July to September, 2011. The major highlights of this quarter was the new school youth leaders capacity building and peer education. The objective of the workshop was aimed at equipping the newly selected leaders from the seven High schools in various skills that would make them manage their clubs effectively and efficiently.Read more (pdf)>>
The report covers the activities which the SWEZAM project undertook from April to June 2011. The major highlights of this quarter was the Youth Rights Information Centre day (Youth Expo), which has become an important yearly event in the Swezam project. Read more (pdf) >>
Chaplain Adrian Hendy, at Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation, Kitwe, writes newsletters on life in Kitwe. You can also visit his blog on http://adrianhendyinzambia.blogspot.com/.
The report covers the activities which the SWEZAM project undertook from January to March 2011.The major highlights of this quarter was the outreaches that the Seven SWEZAM Youth clubs carried out in various Basic and Community Schools. Read more (pdf) >>
Debattävlingar mellan skolor är en mycket populär aktivitet som organiseras av det SWEZAM-stödda Mindoloprojektet. Ungdomarna får lägga fram sina argument kring olika teman som rör mänskliga rättigheter t ex ”barnarbete kommer inte att försvinna förrän fattigdomen är utrotad”. Ett lag argumenterar sedan för denna ståndpunkt, ett emot. Finallagen fick debattera frågan ”bör en demokratisk nation stödja aga?” Läs mer i rapporten från fjärde kvartalet nedan. läs mer (pdf) »
Jan Ölander, former Swedish ambassador to Zambia and a long-term member of the Swedish-Zambian Association, has passed away at age 76.
A seasoned diplomat, Ölander served as ambassador to Zambia and Malawi 1984-1987.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1961 after completing law studies at Uppsala University and working as assistant legal clerk.
Ölander held posts at the Swedish embassies in London, Prague, Washington, Canberra and at the foreign ministry, and foreign policy advisor to the National Police Board. On his retirement he worked as an international advisor.
Ölander was also an artist. His work has been shown at galleries in Stockholm and locations where
he served as a diplomat. In recent years his work was also showcased at the World Festival of Naive Art in Verneuil sur Avre, France.
Describing his own art, he said he wished ”people to be happy when looking at my paintings, which are naïve in the proper sense of the word.”
Ölander donated some of his paintings to support fundraising for the SweZam Youth Rights Information Centre project at Mindolo.
As a tribute to Ölander’s memory and another sign of his long-lasting interest in Zambia, his family plans to
make a contribution to the charity SOS Children’s Villages Zambia.
The SweZam board wishes to extend its deepest sympathies to Mr Ölander’s family, including his wife Gun, their sons and grandchildren.
Ungdomar från Mindoloprojektet och föräldrar samlades för att diskutera följden av invanda och nedärvda attityder vad gäller synen på tjejer och killar i dagens Zambia. Även konflikter mellan inhemska och västerländska värderingar diskuterades under temadagarna. Om detta berättas i rapporten från tredje kvartalet. Kvartalsrapporten – med bilder – finns att läsa nedan.
read more (pdf) » SWEZAM2010-Q3-REPORT
Ungdomar från Mindoloprojektet deltog i en direktsänd tv-debatt i det populära tv-programmet Youth Zone. Där debatterades ämnet ”Ska föräldrar välja karriär åt sina barn?”. Det berättar Bruce Mubanga, samordnare för projektet, i kvartalsrapport nr 2 från Mindoloprojektet som behandlar perioden april till juni 2010. read more (pdf) » 2010 second quarter report
Adrian Hendy, chaplain at Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF) shares some of his impressions and recent news from Mindolo including the death of a co-worker’s child due to malaria, a visiting speaker at the so-called American Corner in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, and World Cup fever.
Read more (pdf) Newsletter from Zambia, July 2010ed2 »
Once again I find myself back in Zambia for another spell as chaplain of Mindolo Ecumenical Foundation (MEF). I came back at the end of January escaping the frozen north arriving in Zambia just after the mid point of the rainy season. It was a warm welcome in every sense of the word –there was a most spectacular thunder storm just two days after I came. It was at night and remained very close for over an hour, so my house was lit up with lightening as if it was day time. The noise is indescribable . . . let’s just say it is big and loud.
Adrian Hendy