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| Cansaf Adventures / Creative Teaming International's preferred Corporate Responsibility Programme in the Victoria Falls Region is the "Katambora Community Project" |
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Environment Africa 's work is mainly concentrated in three villages namely Maluka, Mushekwa and Monze. Maluka village is on the western part of the Katombora reformatory School along the Zambezi River while Mushekwa village is on the eastern side. Monze village is on the Northern side of the Kazungula -Livingstone highway at the 50 km peg. The Zambia 2000 population census recorded that the population of Katombora Ward was 5337 people with 1000 households. Kazungula Rural District had a population of 84 784 people with 12 601 households. In Katombora 50.1 % of the population is made up of females. 
The proposed project area has two basic schools which are found in Nachilinda and Mushekwa. Environment Africa has been working closely with the Katombora Basic School in Mushekwa Village in improving the infrastructure of the school and creating general environmental awareness. The school needs assistance in buying text books for the school children The ratio is about 1 book for 5 children. The classrooms need to be painted inside and outside to make the learning environment more suitable. The school does not have a library and the Head Teacher has been working on the possibility of establishing one.
Some classrooms do not have window panes and this poses problems during the winter and rain seasons. Very few children have the opportunity of proceeding to Livingstone town for secondary education after completing basic education. The area has one clinic which is located near the Katombora Reformatory. All serious medical cases are referred to Livingstone town as the clinic is inadequately resourced in terms of drugs.
The chief of the area is Chief Sekuti who lives in the Mambova area about 20 kilometres from Katombora in the west. The majority of the people in the area are ethnic Lozi, who have a history of being marginalized by colonial regimes, national governments and now foreign developers, who are rapidly moving into the pristine area and making significant profits while contributing nothing to the local communities. The main sources of income are fishing, mat making from reeds, and small-scale subsistence agriculture. The area is extremely poor, with most households eking out a subsistence living. Despite the presence of a school and small clinic in Katombora, child mortality and HIV are significant concerns in the community. Compounding the poor harvests from changed rainfall patterns over the past three decades, the communities are hemmed in by the Zambezi River to the south, and a National Forest to the north, which has restricted uses. Next page... |
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 We've joined hands with Vayeni in Europe
As part of its service Vayeni will provide a front office for Cansaf to the European groups market. Vayeni is based in Amsterdam and is run by Luke Brown and Suzanne Everaerts |
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