In 1995-98 and again in 2000-01 Solvejg Jensen, Chairperson of Education to Mapanza, was deployed to Mapanza by the Danish Association for International Cooperation. She has since visited the area multiple times and in 2008, she was assigned a plot of land by the late Chief Mapanza. The idea was to create a center for activities on the land. In January  2009 she started the first sponsorates of children whose families cannot pay for an education. Ever since we have had between 15-24 children i secondary school, sponsored by danes, who want to make a difference for Zambian children.

In 2009 we began constructing a building in the village of Kabeta in the Mapanza area. It was meant to house a pre school and since 2016 the school has had between 50 to 100 chilidren between 3 to 6 years of age who receive education 3 hours a day. As of January 2025 the school has had a 1st grade  and the intention is to expand onto 2nd through 4th grade the coming years.

There are no administrative expenses connected with a sponsorate. We collect money from sponsors and the money is sent uncut to Zambia. Our contact person, Mr Geoffrey Makaya, makes sure that the money gets to the children, so they can pay their schools. Every year in April and December during term break, Mr Makaya collects receipts and letters from the children and sends them to us. We then distribute the letters and receipts onto the sponsors so they can follow the lives of the children they sponsor.

Most of  our sponsors choose to sponsor a child for the entirerity of secondary school, but it is also possible to commit to a shorter time period. Some children who begin secondary school with funds from their own family can due to sickness or death in the family suddenly need a sponsor for only 1 or 2 years.

In 2017 we established the official NGO ”Education to Mapanza”. The board is made up of danes who have been working in Africa as developement workers.

Since 2017 we have arranged for danish volunteers to come to Kabeta and do voluntary work at Kabeta Pre School. During 2025 we’re  sending no. 25 – 28. It’s an amazing experience for both the volunteers and the school children. The children experience grown ups with a different mindset than they are used to, and the volunteers experience how the lives of Zambian children in rural Zambia differ from their own.

After staying in Kabeta many volunteers choose to study the natural life of the African bush or the magnificent nature around Mosi Oa Tunya with possibilty of river rafting or bungy jumping, or maybe a hike to the top of Kilimanjaro.