The Livingstone Initiative

Over the past five years, The Livingstone Initiative has set up, launched and developed a number of projects, including:

Set up the Livingstone Zambia-Scotland Medical Exchange
Provided funding for a junior doctor from Livingstone General Hospital to come to Scotland for a 3-month clinical attachment in ENT Medicine
Linked 19 schools in Livingstone Zambia with 18 schools in Scotland through the Bird Exchange of Art, Storytelling & Music
Started building a secondary school for vulnerable girls and orphans in Chama District, a remote and extremely poor area in north-eastern Zambia
Initiated arts and cultural community events to stimulate tourism
Conceived the Livingstone International Cultural Arts Festival in partnership with the Zambian Tourism Board

By doing the above, and by working in private-public partnerships, we are helping to:

Enable Livingstone General Hospital to open a new ENT Clinic, so that ENT patients in Southern Province can now be treated
Provide an opportunity for girls in Chama District to receive a secondary education in a region where there is still a prevalence of child marriage, child labour and currently no girls' school within 80kms
Drill boreholes to supply fresh, clean water to the school and surrounding villages for the first time
Open a healthcare clinic in the school, which will also offer its services to the villagers.
Reduce the prevalence of child marriage
Reduce the distances that children have to walk to fetch water, thereby giving them more time to attend school
Reduce incidence of various diseases
Increase the number of visitors to the region
Engage the international and domestic tourism media to raise awareness of Zambia

We are now entering a new phase of activity, building on what we have achieved already and expanding into new areas. See side menu for more details.