Action Aid Zambia Limited

ActionAid Zambia (AAZ) is a part of the ActionAid Global (AAG) Federation, sharing common values and aims to drive social change towards a just, equitable and sustainable world. AAZ works with poor and marginalized people with a particular focus on women and young people to end poverty, inequity and gender inequality in Zambia AAZ was established as a country program in 1996 following the dissolution of ActionAid International’s Southern Africa Partnership Program (SAPP). The new country program continued to work with partners such as Hodi and implemented activities in Mumbwa, Luano and Masaiti districts. In 2008, AAZ changed its partnership approach and a year later phased out its activities in the initial districts but broadened to implement in seven (7) districts i.e., Muchinga, Northern and Western Provinces. AAZ was initially registered as a branch of AA UK. However, in 2010 AAZ became an associate member of the ActionAid federation and a locally registered organization with its own local board of directors to oversee its implementation. In the same year (2010), AAI went through a merger with the Danish organization MS which saw the two organizations becoming one entity at the national level. AAZ has undertaken various processes to establish a clear direction for our work in Zambia. In 2010, AAZ adopted a new Interim Country Strategy Paper (ICSP) as a key document to guide the work for the period 2010 – 2012. The lessons learnt during implementation of the ICSP were documented and informed of the development and implementation of AAZ’s first Country Strategic Paper for the period 2013 to 2017 and ever since, AAZ has developed another CSP 2018-2022 whose lessons and impacts have influenced the new CSP 2023-2028 that was launched in April 2023. Vision -A just equitable and sustainable Zambia in which every person enjoys freedom from poverty and oppression for enjoyment of their right to a life of dignity. Mission - To promote Social Justice, Gender Equal