Zambia (ZACOP)
Alongside Hope Development Project
In Katete district, Zambia, an Alongside HOpe-supported project aims to reduce child marriages, promote sexual and reproductive health for adolescents and empower girls to realize their full potential. Alongside Hope is supporting the Zambian Anglican Council Outreach Program (ZACOP)’s Raising Adolescents’ Voices for Change project with a total $150,000 over three years. The project builds upon the successes, lessons learned and best practices established during the Ending Child Marriages project, which began in 2020 and concluded in 2023. This new project phase – which will run until September 2026 – seeks to reduce child marriage through a mix of awareness-raising and skill-building activities. Building awareness is an integral step in continuing to decrease rates of child marriage in a sustainable way. Training and information sessions will be held for community leaders and community-based workers, faith leaders and parents within communities, to educate about child marriage and its impacts on the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of girls and women.
