2024-11-06T13:36:12-07:00 2023-12-31 990 2023-01-01 815048607 I AM ZAMBIA INC IAMZ 7752329682 6623 Stone Valley Drive RENO NV 89523 HEIDI KIENE SECRETARY 7758300683 2024-11-05 1 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z Heidi Keine 4275 Palomino Circle Reno NV 89519 198107 0 X IAMZAMBIA.ORG X 2018 NV Empower vulnerable Zambian students (Girls in Urban school and coed in rural school) to become employed, educated and self-sustaining through an educational program that emphasizes entrepreneurship, computer literacy and vocational training. With the expertise of local Zambian teachers, leaders and mentors the organization ensures that programs are effective and culturally responsive. Non-Zambian volunteers (who provide some of their own travel costs) help supplement, support and enhance the programs. The primary purpose of the organization is to improve living conditions and the overall well-being of some of the most vulnerable youth in Zambia, students who might otherwise be subjected to the deleterious effects of generational poverty in a developing country. 4 4 0 20 0 0 0 198107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198107 0 183550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183550 0 14557 64629 79202 0 0 64629 79202 Empower vulnerable Zambian students (Girls in Urban school and coed in rural school) to become employed, educated and self-sustaining through an educational program that emphasizes entrepreneurship, computer literacy and vocational training. With the expertise of local Zambian teachers, leaders and mentors the organization ensures that programs are effective and culturally responsive. Non-Zambian volunteers (who provide some of their own travel costs) help supplement, support and enhance the programs. The primary purpose of the organization is to improve living conditions and the overall well-being of some of the most vulnerable youth in Zambia, students who might otherwise be subjected to the deleterious effects of generational poverty in a developing country. 0 0 183550 0 Working with local educational resources and community mentors the girl students in the urban school participate in a 6-12-month job-skills training program that is accredited by the Zambian ministry of Higher Education, aptly named TEVETA (Technical education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority). The courses offered are cosmetology, food production, fashion design/sewing and Information Communication Technology (ICT). As well, the students have an opportunity to work in campus based small businesses that correspond to their field of study (bakery & restaurant, salon, tailoring and a business center), thereby reinforcing classroom instruction with real-world experience and additional entrepreneurial training. The organization utilizes the expertise of local Zambian teachers and mentors with some social work training to help identify the most vulnerable of girl students in the area (ages 17-22) that could benefit from the type of education, vocational training and entrepreneurship education that we offer in urban Zambia. We know from experience and data that educated girls are healthier, have fewer children, marry later (40% are married before age 18) and extend these opportunities on to their children, allowing them to rise and thrive. Our rural Primary school is a community primary school that teaches grades 1-4 and has approximately 90 primary-aged students enrolled, half of whom are girls. Our primary school uses local Zambian teachers to teach the Zambian ministry of education curriculum, but with enhanced programs for learning about entrepreneurship through a small rural agricultural initiative as well as community development projects. The rural schools are enhanced by two main resources that I Am Zambia has helped provide, including a rural medical clinic that provides basic medical care and immunizations for approximately 6000 villagers, including students and their families. We also have a water drilling initiative using a hand powered drill that has helped provide access to clean water for the students and their extended families as well as 4 other rural boreholes (and counting) in other destitute areas of rural Zambia. Our belief is that education must include healthy children and access to clean water to enhance the lives of the students and their communities. 0 0 none 0 0 none 0 0 0 183550 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ZA 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X Heidi Kiene 7758300683 PO BOX 5545 RENO NV 89513 CARRIE BRINTON ASST. SECRETARY 5 0 X 0 0 0 DAVID PORTER TREASURER 5 0 X 0 0 0 DIANE TERRY PRESIDENT 5 0 X 0 0 0 HEIDI KIENE SECRETARY 5 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198107 0 0 0 0 198107 0 0 0 0 0 79202 0 198107 0 0 0 183550 183550 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183550 183550 0 0 64629 79202 64629 79202 0 0 0 0 X 64629 79202 0 0 64629 79202 64629 79202 X 14557 0 0 0 0 16 X 0 0 0 X 203593 155529 121374 106378 198107 784981 203593 155529 121374 106378 198107 784981 784981 784981 1 1 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED none 5001 5001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 none 5001 5001 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10002 10002 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b verified information Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 upon request Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 16