Volunteer Zambia is an international Sport for Development project. The project uses sport as a vehicle to engage, inspire and educate disadvantaged young people in Zambia around gender equality and HIV/AIDS, while also developing sport as a whole.

I have been involved in basketball since starting secondary school and this is a great way to share and develop what I have learnt over those years.

I’m so grateful to be given this amazing opportunity to help develop basketball and sport in country, while gaining hands on coaching development experience. I’m super excited to be flying out at the end of May.

The Wallace Group consists of seven Universities that select students and staff to travel to Zambia each year throughout the Summer, to help support Sport in Action deliver the development programmes to hundreds of young people. The work of the students provides the knowledge and ability to establish the programme in the long term, helping coaches to deliver sessions that improve health, strengthen connections with peers and provide education to Zambian young people.

The Zambia Project uses the power of sport, along with determined volunteers, to provide safe recreational opportunities for the people involved. All the students from Northumbria on the 2024/25 volunteer team are extremely excited, committed and driven for this opportunity, and are working equally hard behind the scenes to raise the funds to go out to Zambia and change young peoples lives through sport.

Every single donation is greatly appreciated!