Chikankata Ngangula Disabled Farmers Association

Chikankata District
Zambia

Contact person: Mr. Bosswell Mboozi

+260 979633913
bmboozi65@gmail.com
https://africandancedisabilitynetwork.org/participant/chikankata-ngangula-disabled-farmers-association-zambia/
https://www.forus-international.org/en/page/how-chikankata-ngangula-disabled-farmers-association-is-building-a-rural-future

Topics

• Social policy/disabled persons
• Educational policy/project
• Aid organization

About us

In Zambia’s Chikankata District, the Chikankata Ngangula Disabled Farmers Association brings together persons with disabilities—including those living with albinism—parents of children with disabilities, children of disabled parents, and other vulnerable and supportive community members. This is a unique voice of ordinary rural disabled people who have come together to champion the struggle for their social and economic independence. Our desire is a society where everyone is valued and given equal opportunities.
The association focuses on five areas:
• Education,
• Food security,
• Health,
• Water,
• Environment.
Through grassroots action, it empowers marginalized groups to build better lives, contribute to human development, and combat climate change.

Key initiatives include:
• Education: Supporting Nansenga Primary School, the only school in Chikankata District with a special unit for children with disabilities. The association donates educational materials, particularly for blind and visually impaired students. They are advocating for the construction of a boarding house to increase school access for rural children with disabilities.
• Livelihoods and Economic Empowerment: Distributing goats to members for sustainable income generation. Offspring goats are passed on to new beneficiaries, creating a cycle of economic empowerment among rural families.
• Climate Action: Establishing a biodigester plant to create employment opportunities and reduce deforestation, tackling both environmental degradation and poverty.
• Health Services: Setting up an eye clinic to provide vision screening and eyeglasses. Partnering with a U.S.-based audiologist to launch a hearing aid support project. Advocating for free sunscreen distribution for members living with albinism to protect their skin health.

Projects:
• Educational project: In the Chikankata district there is no specialised school to cater for children with disabilities. Nansenga primary school has established a special unit for children with disabilities, but due to lack of infrastructure, the school is only catering for children from within the nearby villages. The association is supporting this unit with educational materials for children who are blind or have a visual impairment with the support of our friends in Kenya Clovernook, an association of the blind and virtually impaired in Kenya
• Goats pass on project: People's process housing and poverty in Zambia bought an initial stock of goats for owners to improve the soil health and enhance productivity. Members are encouraged to pass on the first offspring to the next beneficiaries.
• ICT project: Closing the gap UK donated two computers to reduce the digital divide among rural disabled people. This has given digital access to association members, but they call for more computers.
• Reading glasses project: This project is supported by Brillen in Germany. We distribute free reading glasses to vulnerable members of our communities
• Regenerative agriculture project trains farmers in regenerative agriculture with the support of Equipping Farmers International Zimbabwe’s regional office. It explores how to look after our planet and mitigate the impact of climate change
• Disability Awareness project. We use the media and chess games in schools. The chess kits were received with support of Gift Chess USA
• Mobility aids project: We are supported by Crutches Africa, a UK based charity organisation that helps with wheelchairs, crutches, canes and frames.
• The Chikankata Skills Training Centre project aims to give members vocational skills to enable them to create opportunities for self-employment. Tools with a Mission (TWAM) in UK has donated some tools for use during training, more would be welcome.
• 8 Capacity building training project: The Human rights commission of Zambia trains our members in human rights for people with disabilities and uses the media to also raise public awareness.

Bosswell Mboozi is a Coordinator of Chikankata Ngangula Disabled Farmers Association

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.