The Malambo Women's Group of Zambia:

Since the year 2000 Camel Productions has been supporting the efforts of the Malambo Women's Group of Zambia.

The Malambo women are a rural group of Tonga women who banded together in
1991 to create a unique income generation project in response to the 1991/1992 Southern African drought.

With some assistance, these rural Tonga women created fabric products such as table clothes, bedspreads, table mats, etc which depict thier lives and stories, and the people and animals of Zambia. They now sell them locally and in Canada.

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Mission Statement:

The Malambo Center's pursuit is of cultural preservation, personal and community development, skills aquisition and economic advancement.

Our focus is women and enhancement of thier lifestyles with an understanding of environmental sustainability.

Our method is to work through such projects as AIDs education, nutrition, tree planting, vegtable gardening, child-care and environmental courses, as well as grassroots income generating small buisnesses inspired by local culture.

Registered under section 7 (1) of the Societies Act of the Republic of Zambia, dated at Lusaka the 14th day of March 2002.

Camel Productions has assisted the the project both with monitary donations to help with building and expansion, and with in-kind donations in Canada when the group has held fund raising exhibitions in the country.