As this year’s Cuala4Zambia cohort continue in their fundraising and preparations for the 2025 trip, we have received this wonderful update on the work carried out by the 2024 Cuala TYs:

2024 Cuala TY’s funded and built Nsobe’s Second Safe house. On the 16th of March 2025, 20 vulnerable girls from our community will move in, enabling access to education, social protection, a bed to sleep in, nutrition, care, lights for studying and running water.

Today we held a welcome and info meeting for the incoming girls and their guardians, hosted by our Rhosili house girls…many of whom were the buddies of the 2024 Cuala TY crew. It was very special hearing the current safe house girls sharing their experiences and expectations of living in community onsite with the newcomers. The girls’ presentation skills have been greatly developed by their participation in the  Foroige Dermot Earley leadership course. Cuala’s own Dermot Earley participants have also contributed to and supported the new accommodation through their module three projects. Cuala’s Terry Sheehan and EirEng Consulting Engineers Ltd designed, planned and supervised the building project pro bono.

Thank you ALL! We are excited to have the girls joining us soon.
Fiona in Nsobe

To read more about the experience of the 2024 Cuala TYs and the work they carried out, look back at Amy Butler’s blog post over on the website, here.