Project node

The Project Node was launched in June 2006. To facilitate information sharing among IICD project partners 2 times a year, a one-day Project Node is organised for IICD project partners to interact and share knowledge on IICD supported projects. To prepare for this event a core team is formed with representatives from e-Brain, TEL, the Livelihood sector, the Education sector and the Health sector. Participatory activities are aimed at:

• Facilitating Knowledge Sharing
• Promote and spread good practices
• Optimizing resources and skills
• Channel for presenting and addressing common problems

For more information on all IICD projects in Zambia and their locations press map

IICD partners in Zambia

M&E TEL

Travaillant Vers Une Économie Libérale (TEL) Limited is a development consultancy firm  incorporated in 2003 in the Republic of Zambia. The core business of TEL is to provide development related consultancy services. Since 2004 TEL works as M&E partner to facilitate the M&E processes in the Zambia Country programme. Though the role has remained the actual tasks have varied on the 4 years.

As M&E Partner TEL is responsible for execution of the following roles:

1.      Assisting Project Partners with on- and offline data collection, data analysis and focus groups,…

2.      Facilitating and coordinating Focus Group sessions

3.      Producing a high quality yearly learning report.

Contactperson

Kelvin Luputa, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Maliki Mwanda, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

In the Education sector:

Ministry of Education – ICT policy Ministry of Education

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-MOE

This project was set up in 1999 to help formulate an ICT policy and an ICT Strategy Implementation Plan for the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education’s ICT policy provides a clear and compelling roadmap to drive the use and development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the delivery of education and training.

Contactperson:

Mr. Charles Ndakala, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

One World Africa - Education Support Network Project

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-esnet

http://africa.oneworld.net/countryguide/zambia/zambia

ESNet started as a pilot project in 2005. It is run by OneWorld Africa, an international non-governmental organisation. Goal is to assist poorly resourced schools by coordinating a collaborative effort to improve the relevancy and quality of locally developed teaching materials. The teaching materials are then shared with schools across Zambia. Initially, around 18 teachers and 800 pupils in nine secondary schools across the country have benefited from skills training sessions and improved teaching materials. This has now grown to 515 teachers and 11,000 students.

Contactperson:

Kelvin Chibomba, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

6 schools at Copperbelt: (Coordinated by Mpelembe School) - Enhancing the Visual and Presentation of Educational Content (ENEDCO)

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-enedco

The main objective of the ENEDCO project is to integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the classroom. Two examples are the use of powerpoint with photo’s downloaded from the internet to teach about malaria or video’s from science experiments shown at schools without a science laboratory. The users of the project are the teachers who use the visualized teaching materials in their own lessons. Other beneficiaries include schools in the vicinity. An important and integral part of this project is the need to disseminate information to other schools interested in the improved teaching materials. Equally important is the fact that these schools are already engaged in other educational related collaborative initiatives.

Contactperson:

Gonzalo Portal, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Copperbelt College of Education - Integration of ICT into the Copperbelt College of Education curriculum

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/cases/zambia-cbce

The Copperbelt College of Education (CBCE) trains teachers for secondary schools. This project supports the review of the current curriculum for secondary schools and mainstream ICT in all subject matters. Within the new curriculum teaching materials should be adapted to fit the new requirements. It also will equip a new computer laboratory, where the teachers could develop their ICT skills.

Contactperson:

Lyson Chikunduzi, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Trio Consult - GTP Zambia

 Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-gtp

http://www.trio-consult.com

The Global Teenager Project (GTP) Zambia links students from Zambian schools through a virtual network with 10,000 students in 32 countries. In learning circles they discuss specific topics with each other like the environment and compare their own views with the views of students from other countries. Alongside enabling classroom discussions, GTP Zambia gives secondary schools a kick-start in the use of computers and internet. The project enlivens the educational process as teachers incorporate new ideas and methods into their classes. GTP Zambia is used by 25 teachers and 300 students.

Contactperson:

Lee Muzala, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (also Chairman e-Brain)

Livelihoods

National Agricultural Information Services (NAIS) - Strengthening the Agriculture Information Flow and Dissemination System

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-nais

Farmers are often in need of relevant agricultural information to take informed decisions, but distances to collect this information from providers like the Zambian Agricultural Research Institute (ZARI) are far. The project will improve the gathering and delivering of information through e-mail and internet. A District Resource Information Centre will be established in Kasama (Northern Province, 12 hours from Lusaka) to bring the information closer to the farmers. This project is supported by IICD since 2006 and is run by National Agricultural Information Services (NAIS) a department of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Contactperson:

Christopher Mbewe, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Darlington Kahilu, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) - Development of an Effective Information Flow System

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-zari

http://www.zari.gov.zm/

  Small scale farmers in Zambia have a low productivity partly due to lack of access to agricultural information. They have to travel long distances to reach researchers. This pilot project will bring research information closer to the farmer in a way that is relevant for them through an improved information flow between the research institute to the rural research stations through internet and e-mail.  In the pilot project research stations in the rural towns Misamfu, Northern Province and mount Makulu, near Lusaka are included. The Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI) owns these stations. The project is supported by IICD since 2005.

Contactperson:

Mr. Davy Simumba, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Chawama Youth Group - ICT Integration Multimedia & Recording

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-cypro

The award-winning Chawama Youth Project (CYPRO) helps young people in the township of Chawama. The centre offers ‘life skills’ courses in subjects such as Auto Mechanics, Tailoring, Carpentry, and ICT to improve the young people’s chances of finding work. IICD support the project since 2006. Over three hundred students have been trained and the centre has integrated ICT components into several courses. Teachers are using the internet to enhance content (for instance by accessing diagrams of engines using Google Images instead of drawing on the blackboard). Hand-outs are being produced quickly and existing lesson plans are now being stored and re-used. In 2007 a recording studio is started, where the local youth can record songs on CD.

Contactperson:

Justin Somi, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rodgers Mulenga, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Zambia Association for Research and Development (ZARD) - Women's Organisations Information for Development Network (WIDNet)

 Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-widnet

http://www.widnet.org.zm

The Women’s Organisations Information for Development Network(WIDNet) programme is set up in 2004. Goal is to build a website and a computer training centre for around 400 women who are not familiar with the use of a computer. An e-bulletin is also published to share news and upcoming events. The trainings, website and e-bulletin are tools to uplift the status and position of women in Zambia. The project is run by the Zambian Association for Research and Development (ZARD).

Contactperson:

Pezo Mateo Phiri, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Chimuka Lungu, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Organic Producers and Processors Association of Zambia (OPPAZ) - Integrating ICT for Quality Assurance and Marketing

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-oppaz

The Integrating ICT for Quality Assurance and Marketing project helps to build an internal control system for the inspectors of Organic Producers and Processors Association of Zambia (OPPAZ). The project is supported by IICD since 2006. With the open source database the inspectors are able to collect the necessary data (plot data, crop type, crop produce) on a handheld computer. OPPAZ assists around 700 farmers to obtain international certification. The system will be tested at three pilot sites (Chongwe, Mongu and Mpongwe). The data collected will also be published on the internet. This publication can be viewed by international partners who would like to buy the produce of the member farmers. The system has therefore a double function as internal control system and as marketing tool.

Contactperson:

Mushimbwe Chitalu, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Edwin Abwino, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Small Initiative Fund (SIF) 1

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-sif1

This programme supported three small projects: an ICT resource centre at the Ndola Resource Centre (Copperbelt Province), a business centre at the Kalomo Bwacha Women’s Group (Southern Province) and, the most successful, an ICT centre at Chawama Youth Project (Lusaka). With the project the livelihood of 400 women and children is improved, because they have access to computers and internet and are trained in basic ICT skills to use this.

Contactperson Ndola Resource Centre:

Isaac Chanda: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Small Initiative Fund (SIF) 2

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/cases/zambia-sif2

The Small Initiative Fund 2 (SIF 2) was a 2005 follow up to SIF 1. Three small projects are successfully supported. The first project is a business centre in Chipangano Community (in the Central Province). The second project is a financial system and marketing support to Kachabe Enterprise (in Lusaka). The third project is to make a radio recording of stories about women in local language in Eastern Province Women’s Development (EPWDA). The three projects aimed to support 300 people to improve their livelihood through building their capacity in basic ICT skills and providing them with computers, e-mail, internet access and digital photo camera’s.Kachabe Enterprises is the only active one within the project node:

Contactperson kachabe Enterprise:

Cosmas Mpiluka, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Youth Resource Centres - Zambia

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-yrc

Two of IICD’s project partners: Chawama Youth Project and Ndola Resource Cooperative will use their experience and lessons learned to build the ICT capacity of 17 Youth Resource Centres (YRC) all over the country.The  Youth Resource  Centre model  has  been  developed  to  provide  a  hybrid  not-for-profit Youth Resource  Centre  and a for  profit  telecentre.  The purpose  is  to  provide  sustainable community development  information and business services  to  youth groups. The YRCs will provide access to internet-enabled computers; printers; copiers, telephones; television and radios. In addition there will be an adjoining library with books and daily newspapers and magazines. The YRCs will deploy sustainable connectivity solutions and will be linked to the government portal. YRCs will be an integral part of Zambia’s e-governance structure.

Contactperson:

Mr. Mbewe Azele, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Health

Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) - Establishment of an ICT Resource Centre

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-zuno

http://www.zuno.org.zm/

Nurses in Zambia have a need for up-to-date medical information. In this pilot project the Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) will support their members with an Information and Communication Technologies resource centre in their head office in Lusaka and in their provincial offices in the Copperbelt and in Western Province. It will provide a group of about 9000 nurses access to the internet and email facilities. Furthermore this project gives access to professional nursing study materials, including opportunities for e-learning, and also provides an electronic library to members and the general public.

Contactperson

Jennifer M. Munsaka, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jameson Banda, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Caritas Catholic Diocese of Mongu - Integrated Patients Monitoring System

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-domhbc

The patient monitoring system provides support to the home based care units in the five rural districts of the Diocese of Mongu in Western Province and their 2400 chronically ill patients. The project is supported by IICD since February 2008. This project will solve the challenge of a very weak system for capturing, management, reporting and communication of patient data between the districts and the head office.

Contactperson

Byemba Byemba Ernest: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  

Simakumba Simakumba: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Zambia National Blood Transfusion Service (ZNBTS) - Integrated Blood Donor Data Base Management System

Project description: http://www.iicd.org/projects/zambia-znbts

This project started in July 2008 and will develop and implement a computer based Blood Donor Tracking System. This system is developed for the staff of the Zambian Blood Transfusion Services (ZBTS) and will reduce the risks of incorrectly identifying donors and blood units. Repeat donors can effectively be tracked and a reliable pool of regular repeat blood donors is established. It ensures blood safety through accurate labelling and identification of blood units at every stage. The database will be developed with open source software (without licence costs). More than 17,000 blood donators and patients in need of a blood transfusion benefit from the Blood Donor Tracking System.

Contactperson

Dia Kumwenda, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ,  This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bright Mulenga, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Opensource Zambia Initiative

The Open-source Zambia Initaitive (OSZi)is a group of people, enthusiastic about free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS). FLOSS is software that is sometimes available at no charge and most importantly it is software that gives freedom to view and modify the source code. It is often high quality software that (most importantly) is developed by a community rather than one company

They are a registered organisation, supported by IICD. OSZi had developed a database for the Organic Producers and Processors Association Zambia (OPPAZ), an Integrated ICT for Quality Assurance and Marketing system. IICD has asked OSZi also to assist the Zambian Blood Transfusion Services (ZNBTS) with the development of an Integrated Blood Donor Data Base Management System and the Caritas Catholic Docese of Mongu with an integrated patient information system.OSZi has been recognized by the Zambian Government and was requested to participate in the implementation of the ICT policy, and precisely affect benefits of Free Opensource Software (FOSS) in government.OSZi does not work solely for IICD projects. To sustain the organisation they will also take up other assignements

Contact person

Teddy Nyambe, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Simon Mugala, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it