Love their beads & baubles, but can’t travel to Zambia anytime soon? That’s okay! You can now follow the Sishemo Bead-Making Studio on social media. Share, like, or comment to [...]

By: Sukeerti, AKP India Coordinator INDIA | The current pandemic has brought unprecedented changes in almost everything. Slowly, the world has accepted living in the virtual world. Unfortunately, [...]

By: Stefanie Strothmann, AKP Kenya Coordinator KENYA | COVID-19 has drastically changed the world we live in. People are struggling to make ends meet, immunity is low due to an unknown virus, and [...]

ZAMBIA | Women entrepreneurs have made their mark in the Nakatindi community of Zambia. Both the AKP-supported Chipego Bike Shop (launched in 2015) and the Sishemo Bead Studio (launched in 2019) [...]

ZAMBIA | In July, the Sishemo bead enterprise in Nakatindi, Zambia turned one! It’s been an interesting first year for the Sishemo Studio artisans. From refining their craft to learning how to [...]

“Funds from AKP helped provide us with peace of mind in a time of extreme chaos and allowed us to make decisions focused on the mid/long term stability, growth and sustainability of the [...]

By: Victoria Foord, AKP Zambia Coordinator ZAMBIA | AKP’s next major investment in Nakatindi has been in the planning stages since 2018, when the need for a dedicated extra-curricular learning [...]

During this time of great need, our partner communities are turning to AKP for emergency relief and relying on AKP’s Global Medical Assistance program with Project C.U.R.E. . In June, AKP — with [...]

PERU | Since 2008, AKP has helped support Children of the Rainbow in its belief that “every child has the right to be loved, to dream, to play, to hope, to be part of a family, to learn and to [...]

By: Victoria Foord, AKP Zambia Coordinator ZAMBIA | Like in so many communities living on the edge of National Parks, most people in Nakatindi have a negative association with the wildlife [...]