Lizu Community Network
Off Great East Road, NAPSA Building, 2nd Floor, Room #101
Chipata
Sambia
Kontaktperson: Gladys Tamara Nkhoma
+260-967-854-216
info@lizu.org
https://lizu.org/
https://www.facebook.com/LizuOrganization/
Themenbereiche
- Menschenrechte
- Sozialpolitik/behinderte Menschen
- Bildungspolitik/-projekt
Über uns
Lizu Community Network is a registered NGO founded on September 1, 2023, committed to promoting inclusive governance through digital advocacy and community empowerment. We work alongside marginalized communities to equip citizens with digital skills and civic knowledge, enabling them to demand their rights and access essential services. Through digital literacy training and a community-led approach, we harness technology for local development and sustainable change.
Our Mission
Empower underserved communities with digital skills and advocacy, to drive inclusive governance and sustainable development, through community-led digital literacy training, advocacy initiatives, and innovative solutions tailored to local needs.
Our Vision
A community empowered by digital innovation for inclusive governance and sustainable development.
Our Thematic Areas
• Community Engagement & Digital Literacy: We bridge the digital divide by working directly within communities to improve access to information, practical digital skills, and peer learning opportunities. Our approach prioritizes everyday digital use how people access information, communicate, learn, and earn rather than abstract or highly technical training. In the 11 wards of Chipata and beyond, we engage children, young people, and women through schools, community spaces, and local networks. Activities include basic digital literacy sessions, online safety awareness, introduction to social media for learning and advocacy, and guidance on using digital tools to access services and opportunities. We deliberately work in familiar, trusted environments to reduce barriers to participation, especially for girls and first-time technology users.
• Technical Capacity Strengthening: We provide hands-on technical support to community groups and civil society organizations to strengthen how they use digital tools in their work. Rather than one-off training, we focus on practical problem-solving: helping organizations improve communication, documentation, data collection, and outreach using accessible technologies. Support may include basic ICT skills, guidance on using social media responsibly, digital storytelling, simple data management, and online collaboration tools. We work closely with grassroots organizations to ensure that digital solutions match their capacity and context, avoiding over-reliance on expensive or complex systems.
• Digital Advocacy and Policy Influence: We amplify the voices of marginalized communities by supporting digital advocacy that is evidence-based and community-informed. Young people and women are supported to document issues affecting them such as online safety, access to information, or gender-based digital exclusion and to communicate these issues through digital platforms. Our work includes facilitating advocacy campaigns, supporting basic policy research, and enabling constructive engagement between communities, civil society, and decision-makers. We prioritize storytelling, community data, and lived experience to ensure advocacy is authentic and grounded. Through this approach, digital tools become a means for participation and accountability, contributing to more inclusive policies and governance outcomes that reflect the realities of children, women, and youth in marginalized communities.
Gladys Tamara Nkhoma is the Communications and Advocacy Officer of Lizu Community Network.
For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.