In this week's Radio Workshop episode...17 year olds Tambudzai Mutale and Kezman Saboi Saboi watch the seasonal floods in Western Zambia get worse and worse each year. They see children who live in the flood plain stay away from school for months without end, only returning when the waters recede and schools can re-open. The floods keep local children away from desperately needed educational opportunities, and Kezman and Tambudzai decided that they want to do something about it.
They are part of UNICEF Zambia’s Climate Ambassador program. The initiative teaches young people across the country to work against climate change in Zambia, one of the most deforested nations in Africa. So they thought, why not make schools float? Tambudzai and Kezman paid a visit to Malabo Middle Basic School on the flood plain to see if their idea will work.
