Zambia

BAULENI UNITED SPORTS ACADEMY (BUSA)

Bauleni United Sports Academy’s (BUSA) mission is to unleash the potential of children and young people by creating life changing opportunities using sport as a transformative tool.

Founded in January 2003, their long-term commitment is to help improve the lives of under-served children and youth through the power of sport.

By bringing together dedicated leaders, providing resources, and facilitating opportunities at the local and international level, BUSA helps ensure that more than 10,000 children and young people annually have access to high quality, youth-centered sports for change programmes and events that leave a life long positive impact in their lives.

ORGANISATION DETAILS

PARTICIPANTS

Children and young people aged 6 to 20. People affected by poor economic, social and cultural growth, social injustices and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse.

LOCATIONS

Lusaka, Kabwe and locations across Zambia.

Country
statistics

146 out of 189 in Human Development Index rankings (UNDP, 2020)

$1,160 Average annual salary per person (World Bank, 2020)

MORE THAN HALF of the population lives below the poverty line (W FP, 2020)

Zambia is a landlocked country in Southern Africa with a population of 18.3 million people (Worldometres, 2022). It has one of the youngest populations in the world, nearly half of the population are under 14 (CIA World Factbook, 2020).

Globally, Zambia has one of the highest levels of inequality (World Bank). Poverty among children is high, with 41% experiencing some form of multi-dimensional deprivation (UNICEF, 2018).

Climate change has caused extreme weather change. This has led to drought and failed harvests. More than two million people now rely on food aid (BBC, 2020). Approximately 1,000 people are currently displaced as a result of natural disasters (Internal Displacement, 2020).

Due to rapid urbanisation and poverty, there is a housing deficit of 1.5 million, projections estimate that it will rise to three million by 2030 if nothing is done to address the problem (Daily Nation Zambia, 2021).

Due to a shortage of affordable housing, 70% of people in urban areas live in slums with inadequate access to water and sanitation facilities (Habitat for Humanity).

More than 60% of the Zambian population is under the poverty line, living on $2 a day; 40% are considered to be facing extreme poverty, with $1.25 a day. Roughly 70% of people living in urban areas do not have access to proper housing (Habitat for Humanity).

There are high levels of HIV & AIDS in the country; 1.5 million people are living with the infection (CIA World Factbook, 2020).