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The ZEEC is located upon 260 acres on both sides of the Zambezi River south of Sioma in the Western Province of Zambia. It offers students a unique opportunity to observe and experience a culture (Lozi) with strong, functioning traditions operating on a subsistence economy. It is in a safe and friendly part of Africa that is virtually untouched by tourism. ZEEC is a member of the Wildlife and Conservation Society of Zambia and is registered as a non-profit NGO. It is supported by the Watoto Charitable Trust.
The purpose-built facility consists of eight traditional thatch huts, a riverside meeting hall, dining area, a kitchen, a tree platform and campfire area. It has running water, solar bag showers and a plunge pool. The resident staff of five includes a cook, and Zambians who have built and maintain the camp.
Within 10 miles of the camp is a well-staffed medical facility. Drivers/mechanics/guides are qualified Zambian nationals. Vehicles are well maintained Land Rovers.
Students from Europe and North America while at camp will consider local environmental issues (slash/burn agriculture, hunting/poaching, timber exploitation, the challenge of maintaining an unpolluted river, communities/population in decline). They can participate in a community action service project at the neighbouring primary school. Excursions include game and river safaris and a visit to Victoria Falls.
Summer 2012: Please get in touch!
Contact us at:
Joe Mwitumwa
ZEEC Camp
P.O. BOX 920102
Senanga, ZambiaEmail: mwitumwalons@hotmail.com
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ZEEC Directors are John and Alison Curtis who have been leading student trips annually to environmental education centres in Kenya and Zambia since 1994. John is former headmaster of the International Schools of Bern and Lausanne and of The Winter Term in Lenk, Switzerland. Alison is former Director of Camp Lenk and the Alpine Environmental Education Center and former Chair of the Environmental Education Committee of the European Council of International Schools. She is also the coordinator of several grassroots health and education projects in Kenya.
For further information, please contact:
Joe Mwitumwa
ZEEC Camp
P.O. BOX 920102
Senanga, Zambia
e-mail: mwitumwalons@hotmail.com
John and Alison Curtis - ZEEC Directors
Schadaulistrasse 1
3775 Lenk, Switzerland
e-mail: jncurtis@bluewin.ch
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