Foundation for Youths in Agriculture
(The FOYA initiative) 4-H
Name of organization : Foundation for Youths in Agriculture
(The FOYA initiative)
Reagan Mutale
4-H Zambia country project manager
COMESA secretariat
P.O. Box 30051
Ben Bella Road
Lusaka
tel: +260 1 229725/32 ext 384
+260 097 349945
fax:+260 1 225107
General Email: foya4hzambia@yahoo.com
Web site: www.foyayouth.org.zm
4-H Zambia brief overview (PDF)
Thompson Sinkamba, Executive Director / 4-H country coordinator
thomfoya@yahoo.com
Reagan Mutale, Liaison and Logistics office/ 4-H country project manager
realmutale@yahoo.co.uk
Date founded: 1998
Age of members: 5-30 years
Number of members: 3000
Club groups: 5 private schools, 7 community schools, 20 primary and basic schools and 10 secondary schools (the number of schools increases at many times)
Number of volunteers: 120
Parent /supporting organization: Common Market For Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): www.comesa.int
Purpose:
Recognition as a leading specialized national and regional movement for youth self –empowerment and rural social economic growth through innovative agriculture, rural youth, conservation, eco-tourism, sustainable co-operative development and regional integration programmes.
Mission:
To contribute to youth empowerment, rural and social economic growth through lobbying for sector focused youth policies (i.e. Agriculture Youth Policy) the promotion of innovative agriculture child support and regional integration as well as the establishment of youth co-operatives, agri-business tailored youth and capacity building programmes.
Slogan /Motto: Learning by Doing
Educational /programmes focus: Agriculture, eco-tourism, Regional integration and the 4-H (HIV/AIDS health and nutrition)
