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In 2009, Eagles Wings, in partnership with Helping Hands International, will be offering classroom sponsorships for grades one to six - 180 children – at the Monkey Fountain Campus of Eagles Wings Christian Community School. Maybe your church, business or school would like to sponsor a class of 30 children and their teacher? These children are children who, without Eagles Wings, would not have the opportunity to attend formal schooling. One child $150 One class $4,500 $4,500 includes 30 children and 1 qualified teacher’s wage for one year. $12.50 per month for Education Download form here (776.00 Kb)

In a civilisation characterised by accelerating technology and the sad, unequal distribution of resources, education is a necessity. Unfortunately, despite being a vital service on which the future of children in developing countries is pivoted, education is one of the most difficult facilities to access. Our Education Program places an emphasis on offering quality education to children from extremely poor families who cannot afford education in any other setting.

Eagles Wings Christian Community School at Monkey Fountain is the largest sector of our Education Program, established after realising the need for quality Christian education within poverty stricken communities. Surrounded by three main communities - Kanyala, Bunga and Overspill - Eagles Wings specifically targets the poorest children, knowing they may never have the opportunity to attend school otherwise. Eagles Wings Christian Community School at Monkey Fountain is also a means of empowering our student’s extended families and is a major resource in developing the community as a whole.

Eagles Wings Christian Community School at Kanyala was the beginning of our Education Program and assists children whose families do not have the resources to send their children to government schools. Our Christian Community School at Kanyala provides a basic education in literacy and numeracy for a grade one level group and preschool class. This school mirrors more traditional community schools within Zambia with larger enrolment numbers in each class, no uniforms, mixed ages and a less formal setting. Knowing that any education can contribute towards enhancing a child’s future prospects, we have improved this community school by employing a qualified teacher and providing many useful teaching and learning resources.

Our Adult Education Program is aimed firstly at parents and guardians of children within our programs and secondly to community members, in the hope that the educational and financial capacity of homes and families may be developed. As the girl child has, in the past, and continues to have limited opportunities to attend school, many women within our surrounding communities are illiterate. It is these women who now fill our adult education classes, gaining literacy and numeracy skills before moving into small business studies and obtaining greater skills and knowledge to care and provide for themselves and their families.

Government Sponsorship is available for disadvantaged children within our community who are beyond the grade levels catered for at Eagles Wings Christian Community School, Monkey Fountain. It is also used for children from our Family Program who have been reintegrated into existing family in communities some distance from Eagles Wings. Through this sponsorship, children who have not had the opportunity to receive an education due to death of parents, neglect or coming from extremely poor families have the opportunity to attend local government schools.

Further education is available for students graduating from high school who have the potential to progress to further study or gain a skill using a loan facility. This is to increase their chances of finding employment which is extremely competitive in Zambia. Our ultimate goal in the near future is to run a tertiary college which will offer more opportunities for our students to train further and gain a skill before releasing them as mature, skilled, spiritually sound, independent and responsible citizens of the community.