The River Club Zambia Built

The River Club has been involved with the local community since 2000, helping improve the lives of the people who live there. This Social Development Project, run alongside Children in the Wilderness ( www.childreninthewilderness.com), has been hugely successful largely due to the generous donations from guests who have stayed at or been connected to the lodge. Projects with just some of the many sponsors include: • The construction of a Police Post at the request of the villagers themselves (JACOBS UK) • The renovation of the water supply system that now provides 50,000 litres of clean water each day to the villagers (ZURICH and ADAMSON UK, de ALBA BARNOLA Mexico) • The building of a Health Post and supplying of equipment in it (BELRON SA, YESNER Pharmaceuticals Aust, CEO Group USA) • The building of a library and canteen at the school (GREG CARR Foundation USA) • Providing breakfast for 400 children daily during term time (SONDLAND/DURANT Foundation) • Providing 300 children with Solar Study Lamps so that they can do their homework at night (Geoff/Bonnie MORGAN and sponsors) • Building of a goat shed for animal husbandry studies (UNUM) • Sponsorships for 50 children to high schools in Livingstone town (SLOAN Scholarship) • Sponsorship of 3 teachers through University courses (SLOAN Scholarship) • Provision of gardening tools for the growing of vegetables by the students for the school (STONEY Ireland) • Paying for the exam fees for those children sitting for their annual tests • Construction of a Community Hall for 250 people • Construction of a Kindergarten classroom for the village pre-school (Norwich Union now AVIVA Insurance) • Construction of houses for two of the leaders of the area (SATORI) • Provision during each term time of pencils, pens, books, maps etc for each of the grades • Transport for the students to attend sports matches and scholastic competitions The lodge also hosts students from abroad to come and spend time on VOLUNTOURISM tasks assisting children at the school with sports and extra ...