Under a Zambian Tree : Dora Moono Nyambe's quest to educate her nation

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Openly is a global digital platform delivering fair, accurate and impartial LGBT+ news to a world that isn’t. Find out more. Soon she began documenting her life on TikTok: creating videos of her cooking or dancing with her students, buying food for her children, and having conversations with them about issues from climate change to child marriage. When Zambian teacher Dora Moono Nyambe started posting videos on TikTok three years ago, she had to ask her daughter's 13-year-old friend how to use the popular social media platform.

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Join us today ~virtually or in person~ for the Walter Rodney Seminar Series! Dora Moono Nyambe and Joseph Schmitt will be discussing the release of Under a Zambian Tree, education and development in Zambia. 12:30pm EST (Rm 505, 232 Bay State Road - Boston University) Nyambe's charity funds the school, and also supports rural children through food distribution, clothing drives and health assistance.Our goal is to sell 5,000 copies, of which 100% of the proceeds go directly to Footprints of Hope. This book not only shares an incredible true story, but inspires us to drive grassroots change in our own communities. We are so proud of our amazing team that has helped spread awareness and maximize our impact with this book.

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Under a Zambian Tree is officially available! Over the past year, Dora Moono Nyambe and Joseph Schmitt have been hard at work to bring you this incredible story.

Nyambe's videos now attract tens of thousands of views - even drawing the attention of U.S. popstar Meghan Trainor, who shared one of Nyambe's videos of the school dormitories set to Trainor's hit song "Made you look". The book tour is officially over! We'd like to extend our most heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to see us! We loved meeting each and every one of you and appreciate all of the support.

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As the Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference comes to a close, Jorge Alvarez and I were left with this message: the status quo is unacceptable! Another impending challenge is a possible ban of Chinese-owned TikTok in the United States, from where she gets most of her followers and donations. Most comments are positive, but on almost every post, there will be a comment where I am accused of being a scammer, stealing money or exploiting the children," she said. Discovering ADHD Connections Around the Globe: We’re All in This Together | The Vibe With Ky Podcast October 8, 2023Join me as I interview the author of Under a Zambian Tree, Joseph Schmitt. Watch as he chronicles Dora’s quest to educate her nation. The former English teacher has faced online abuse, with some accusing her of "charity porn" and exploiting the students for personal gain.

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Almost one in three Zambian girls becomes a mother by age 18, according to government data. A similar percentage are married by the time they reach adulthood, according to campaign group Girls Not Brides. I was alone with my thoughts and dreams. It took everything I had to take that first step, saying to myself 'I will let go of everything else and chase this one dream' I had no idea when I first started using TikTok - so I just started showing how life in the village was," Nyambe told Context via video call from the Zambian capital Lusaka. While some critics have accused her of so-called "charity porn" - meaning using media that exploits the lives of vulnerable people to generate donations or publicity - Nyambe said she should be judged by the impact of her work.Nyambe, 30, started a crowdfunding appeal in 2020 with the aim of building a school for the children of Mapapa - located 280 km (175 miles) north of Lusaka. Today I connected with the SHOFCO team in Kibera, a settlement within Nairobi. SHOFCO is working to bring clean drinking water to the +1 million people living in informal settlements. They accomplish this by utilizing overhead water pipes and innovative water stations with cashless access. Jorge Alvarez and I enjoyed attending the first ever Non-Sewered Sanitation Conference and traveling to Cape Town to join GreenCape for a CBS knowledge share. Looking forward to putting our knew knowledge into practice, innovating within the WASH space.