STEM ZAMBIA INITIATIVE

By Dalitso Maseko, Zambia Alcohol has been in use since time in memorial and socially acceptable across different cultures in Zambia. Whereas its effects on the population were negligible then, its continued use and especially abuse has contributed to social-economical, environmental and biological adverse effects.

By Eunice Banda, Zambia. Life has its own stages. Stages of joy and those of remorse. Often times we keep those happy memories closer to heart because they make us smile. Problems come and go, yet we remain as we are as friends or partners. The issue is do problems define you...? Or you sought better means of solving them?

By Lukas Zimba, Zambia Many times we talk about HIV and pregnancy, but we usually do not really want to talk about how this HIV is transmitted to the baby or unborn child nor how we can prevent it from happening. We always are too quick to point a blaming finger at individuals and families when a baby is discovered to have the HIV. The question we forget to ask ourselves is that; would it have been prevented??!!! Let's discuss

An Extract from UNESCO Education is a major catalyst for human development; Through an exhibition and side event at the High-level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (UN, September 2010) UNESCO demonstrated how rapid advances in education can help to achieve all of the MDGs.

By Dalitso Maseko, Zambia Development at any phase is always linked with technology and technology happens when there is advancement in science. Hence science, technology and development are all proportional to each other. We times we live in are far too different from the stone ages. Life now demands more advanced approaches to its challenges.

Situation Analysis Education is every man's basic right and this means infrastructures and services need to be put in place for this basic right. Here is a story about the situation on education in some under-served communities in Zambia. We need to help.

By Dalitso Maseko, CEO/Co-founder - SZI STeM Zambia Initiative (SZI) project appreciates the value of science education as excellences in STEM skills are essential requirements for the work force in our global, knowledge based, and innovative economy, hence the importance to promote the transformation of science education by improving how it is delivered to the learners.