RN has been in existence for 15 years now and the core business that rolled out at inception, in 2005, was the self-help group and the self-help concept. We believe in helping people identify their needs in their community and assisting them in achieving this with no hand-outs and utilizing their own locally available resources….
While everyone across the globe has been affected by COVID-19 in one way or another, some motivated self-help clubs in Nyawa under the mentorship of one Community Education volunteer, organized a celebration to show gratitude for the knowledge they acquired from Response Network. Six clubs meet at a shelter they built in village Malumani with…
As an organization, we have always and will continue to always prioritize the empowerment of women and specifically the empowerment of the girl child. October 11th marks the International Day of the Girl Child and we couldn’t be prouder to be associated with a cause that has such a positive impact. The girl child is…
My name is Mutinta Simubbaku also known as Michelo, I am 30 years old. I come from a family of 6 ( 2 Female and 4 Male ) and I am the 4th born. My dad died 15 years ago and this made me and my other siblings not to finish our Education as our…
As you can probaby tell by our slogan of self-help faciliation, our goal is to equip people with the knowledge and motivate them to start up their own activities that they can all benefit from as a community. Here’s how this works in terms of a community school. Oftentimes and its pretty common knowledge by…
Kebby Siakachela is a coach for Chambya Football and Netball club. Chambya FC was born from Luyaba Football team which had over 56 players. The number of players was obviously too high and consequently, a lot of the players couldn’t get the shine they deserved and the less skilled workers couldn’t get the coaching they…
Kick-Out COVID-19 is a community and food support program which was started with the aim of assisting the Government in their efforts to flatten the curve and help vulnerable communities. It is a consortium of various sports, entertainment organizations and individuals led by Sport in Action with Special Olympic Zambia and is funded by the…
In case you were about as baffled reading this week’s title as I was coming up with it, allow me to explain. In most cases, save a few, education has been the key to people being able to better themselves and to be able to provide for themselves and possibly their families as well. In…
In our last blog post, we filled you in on the village sensitizations we held in a few villages to raise awareness among our volunteers regarding COVID-19. It was really important to us to conduct these sensitizations as safely as possible and also as quickly as possible so that the volunteers could return to their…
I think we can all agree at this point that the year 2020 is a complete wash. One never would have imagined that things would take such a horrible turn so quickly. We entered the year optimistic about what the new year would bring and for the rug to be pulled out from under everyone’s…
