Local NGO businesses in Zambia

The many local NGOs in Zambia offer opportunities for both donors and beneficiaries. Read more here
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Barefeet Theatre
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
Barefeet Theatre works with various partner organisations to help move street children to a safer environment. It allows the children to showcase their talent, giving them dignity and worth, whilst allowing them to be children. They also create and perform their own plays for the general public to inspire children from local communities.
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Lusaka Animal Welfare Society
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
LAWS is dedicated to finding a safe home for abused domestic animals and has rescued many animals that have been starved, abused or abandoned. LAWS has a qualified staff team that help take care of the animals. The work of LAWS is especially important because the control and welfare of domestic animal population reinforces sanitation.
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A member of the Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI), Lusaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) carries out productive research so as to promote investment and development of all economic activities by standing on behalf of the business community in Lusaka in order to support their common interests.
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BongoHive
Start-up programmes
Lusaka
BongoHive is determined to accelerate the growth of Zambia’s most promising startups by offering programmes that are focused on identifying Zambia's entrepreneurs. This organisation brings various entrepreneurs into its space and turn their ideas and projects into scalable businesses.
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Conservation Lake Tanganyika
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Mpulungu
Conservation Lake Tanganyika not only deals with issues of illegal fishing and poaching, it also promotes the successful development of the Sumbu National Park. It is believed this will contribute greatly to the overall conservation of the area and provide a means for an improved quality of life for the people.
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Kasanka Trust
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Kasanka Trust operates with minimal expenditure, relying on trustees and volunteers wherever possible. Funds raised are spent directly on conservation and community development. The Trust offers great volunteering opportunities for research, conservation work and education in a real wilderness.
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Chikumbuso Women and Orphans Project
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
On a daily basis many widows, orphans, and grandmothers come to the Chikumbuso community centre where they find friendship, acceptance and hope for the future. At the centre's school, over 500 students who were not previously learning are restarting their lives in a supportive environment.
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National Legal Aid Clinic for Women (NLACW) works with policy makers to assist with policy reforms. This is done through development of policy briefs, written submissions to parliament and lobbying. NLACW’s goal is to advocate for policies that contribute to counter discrimination against women and to guarantee equal and fair treatment of women.
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Conservation Lower Zambezi (CLZ)
Wildlife Protection
Lower Zambezi National Park
Conservation Lower Zambezi operates under a memorandum of understanding with the Zambia Wildlife Authority, DNPW (former ZAWA), and strives to protect and preserve the integrity of the Lower Zambezi Valley.
Lusaka Helps
Support healthcare workers
Lusaka
Lusaka Helps has three initiatives to support Lusaka's frontline healthcare workers in various isolation facilities - 'Face Shields', 'Operation Mask Up' and 'Feed our Heroes'. These projects help provide essential Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and meals for health workers who are away from their homes and families.
Plan Store Paint and Sip
Club & Group
Lusaka
WEAC Zambia
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
WEAC Zambia is an entrepreneurial community centre for women that want to start or expand their business. Entrepreneurs that join the centre receive experiential-based education and resources designed to address their specific needs to start, scale and grow their business.
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Zambia is the local body and regulator of universities and colleges offering ACCA programmes in Zambia. Believing that accountancy is vital for economies to grow and prosper, ACCA Zambia focuses on building the profession and making society fairer and more transparent.
Proud Me Foundation
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
Proud Me Foundation effectively advocates and take parts in every matter of concern affecting women, children, disabled and the vulnerable. The organisation also teaches entrepreneurship skills by promoting, education and inventing income generating activities in the community.
Butali House
Book club
Lusaka
Butali House's love of seeing people reading has led to this book club. The club offers great opportunities for readers to meet people with common interests. Butali House also holds various writing events throughout the year such as masterclasses, write-a-thons, writing clubs, as well as one-on-one coaching.
Kitwe Animal Welfare Society (KAWS)
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Kitwe
Kitwe Animal Welfare Society (KAWS) encourages you to contribute to the organisation by spreading the management of animal protection and responsible pet guardianship, cleaning, keeping the facilities in good condition, donating food or other items such as blankets, toys and grooming supplies.
Kucetekela Foundation
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
The pupils sponsored by the Kucetekela Foundation for secondary education are those in primary schools who have consistent test scores and recommendations from teachers, but a challenging financial situation within their families. The scholarship programme is a five year commitment.
Corporate Heelz
National associations
Lusaka
The goal at Corporate Heelz is to connect and empower like-minded women. To help further its aspirations, the company publishes its own professionally produced online magazine and is open to women professionals and entrepreneurs. This is a growing community of young Zambian professional women.
Zambia Festival of Action
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Livingstone
Greenpop is an award-winning social enterprise on a mission to reconnect people with our planet - and have fun doing it. They plant trees through urban greening and reforestation projects, spread environmental awareness wherever they go, and activate people through green festivals and workshops.
Village Water
Charities, Trusts & Societies
Lusaka
The Village Water programs have a long-lasting impact. Good hygiene practice is maintained thus avoiding some of the life-threatening diseases. Families with access to water are able to grow their own food. Other classes include; dog control and children's needs. The village digs their own pit latrines, one per family.
Kabwata Cultural Village
Self-help associations
Lusaka
Kabwata Cultural Village is open daily from 8:00 to 18:00. In the colonial era this area was part of a larger township made up of dwelling huts. The Government of Zambia later acquired the land for the cultural village and designated it a "national monument" preserving it as a reminder of the past (British rule ended in 1964).

Local NGOs

The many local NGOs in Zambia offer opportunities for both donors and beneficiaries. Read more here
People organised for education, cultural, scientific or political ends can be found here.
Political or societal entity formed by uniting localized entities: such as a union of organizations.
Find out details about different political parties in Zambia here. PF, MMD, UPND and more.
Voluntary associations with developmental goals, registered as societies in Zambia
Members represent the collective interests of the sector and the not-for-profit community
An effective strategy for poverty alleviation, human development and social empowerment.
Organisations, advocacy groups, professional associations and cultural institutions
Jointly-owned enterprise with a common economic or cultural goal. Find cooperatives here

Local NGOs are not-for-profit organisations that may work at a national level in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, or at a community level in a remote area. And national associations, such as the Law Association of Zambia and the Zambia Leather Industries Association, are NGOs whose territory covers the whole country.

A charitable trust is a type of local NGO run by a small group of people known as trustees. The trustees are appointed rather than elected, and there is no wider membership. In contrast, civil society organisations are non-state actors whose aim is to unite people to advance shared goals and interests. There are many charitable trusts and civil society organisations in Zambia.

There are also many self-help associations in Zambia, which are informal groups of people who come together to address their common problems. There are also several Cooperative Societies. These are more formal voluntary associations which also aim to serve their members. They are a form of business in which individuals join hands for the promotion of common goals.

Infobwana's list of local NGO businesses in Zambia includes national associations, charities and self-help groups. These bodies position themselves on Infobwana to attract beneficiaries as well as potential funders.