ABOUT OUR MOON
Our Moon is an educational NGO, registered in Zambia by the Ministry of Community Development (RNGO: 101/0688/17) and the Charity Commission in England and Wales in the UK (No 1165083). We work with brilliant students from vulnerable homes and help them become changemakers. We do this by giving them access to educational opportunities on our programme and preparing them for university. We unleash the potential in Zambia's young people so they leave with the skills, knowledge and dispositions to thrive in university and contribute to positive social change in their communities, country and continent.
Changing one life to change thousands
At Our Moon, we believe Africa’s future leaders are well-educated, socially-conscious critical thinkers who are proud of their heritage and identity.
These bright young people leave school with outstanding results, but too often lack the support they need to meet their full potential.
About our Young Leaders Programme
Our Young Leaders Programme unleashes the potential of Zambia’s brilliant but financially-disadvantaged youth, empowering them to drive change in their communities.
As Our Moon’s flagship programme, we aim to bridge the gap between high school and university, continuing to grow and develop outside of the classroom.
At the heart of our Young Leaders Programme is community. We foster a sense of social responsibility in these future leaders by encouraging them to develop creative solutions to the problems they see around them.
Our Young Leaders programme is separated into four sections: reflection, alignment, balance and self-reflection.
To graduate from the programme, students have to complete a community project, undertake community service, write a research essay and take part in an internship.
Our students go on to internationally acclaimed universities including Cornell, Columbia, Duke, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Northwestern, University of British Columbia, Edinburgh, Oxford, Ashesi, Ashoka, USIU, Earth and American University of Beirut among others.
ABOUT OUR TEAM
Our Moon is run by Country Director, Justin Mushitu, in Zambia and his team which includes tutors for the community service programme, SATs, English, Identity and Expression, and ICT. We have various other staff members who clean and maintain our site and ensure the space is safe. It is an important part of our programme that all Our Moon staff and students are treated with respect and that each person has time to develop new skills.
Students are mentored by teachers from Ecolint, a school based in Switzerland, for their research essays. Helen Leale-Green, our UK based CEO, is responsible for the careers and university guidance part of the programme which she carries out partially on-site and partially online, with support from the Zambian tutors.
ABOUT OUR SITE
Our Moon acquired some land from the Chief in 2019. It is in a beautiful area of Chibombo, in Zambia's Central Province, and is blessed with wonderful large skies. All the students who have visited us on both long-term and short-term programmes say that it is very conducive to study here.
We have been constructing numerous structures and developing the land. Building work is still ongoing when funding allows.
We have installed a basic solar system with a backup generator to cover us on dull days, have a bore hole with a solar pump. We are, therefore, self-sufficient in terms of water and electricity. In addition, we subscribe to Starlink to ensure we have reliable internet.
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