Partnership with the Lycée Français de Lusaka

Cornerstone of Hope and the Lycée français de Lusaka have formed a partnership between the two schools to share ideas on culture, learning methods between Zambia and France, as the Lycée français de Lusaka is a French school, located in Zambia.

Use any areas to let children learn together

It involves children and their communities, as well as teachers from both schools, in the spirit of collaboration.

Cornerstone of Hope also needs a lot of financial help, as they live on donations. This partnership also helps fund-raising activities.

Kick-off in december 2024

Speech for the Launch of the Partnership : NGO and Lycée français international de Lusaka (AEFE Afrique)
From left to right : Joshua (13 year old student), Lionel Carrara (Lycée français), Zion Mutale (Cornerstone of Hope)

After the two schools met in 2024, the partnership was officially launched in January 2025. Since then the children and teachers work together on various projects.

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Signature in January 2025

Hear it from the teachers

For the Lycée Français de Lusaka, the objective was to have a partnership with a local Zambian school to create an educational connection. The idea is to bring two cultures together, to get them to learn and work together, to think in different ways, each bringing its own richness to the other.

It's a really collaborative approach !

We want to make it really solid and sustainable over the long term. It's an educational project between our two schools, so that students can learn from each other, network, help each other and work together. Most importantly, it's about teachers on both sides finding meaning in everything we do, and always, always putting the child at the centre, learning by doing.

I think it's an extraordinary idea because it gives Zambian children the desire to do something for their country, to play a part in their country. What's more, these are children who don't know anything about nature, who have grown up in slums, in poor, very restricted environments, and this will enable them to open up to nature and I think that when your hands and head are open to nature, your heart opens up and anything is possible.

I think that through nature you can heal a lot of wounds, and you can have a lot of projects.

Most recent activities...

... and actions all year long

And even more ! look at our past activities

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Director's word

With Cornerstone of Hope, we chose each other to make a partnership for the children to let them grow and learn together.
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Lionel Carrara
Director of Lycée français de Lusaka

Know more about the Lycée français in Lusaka

Olympic Games with 8 primary schools

The Embassy of France in Lusaka organized their own Olympic Games between 8 primary schools in Lusaka. Cornerstone of Hope was one of them. The children reached the second place on the podium for Track & Fields ! 

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Art for the planet : our trash cans become colorful !

Students from Cornerstone of Hope and the Lycée Français de Lusaka made the school’s trash cans colorful ! 🎨

A creative and eco-friendly initiative to encourage recycling, up-cycling and teach environment awareness. 🌍

Visit at the Museum

As a school excursion the second-graders from Cornerstone of Hope and from the Lycée français (CE1) went to the National Museum of Lusaka. This was a great way to discover the Zambian culture and the traditions from the villages.

Arts and Crafts Class

“By creating art, I can learn about sustainable development”
A year-long initiative that enabled teenagers from both schools to learn together and build a model of an eco-responsible village.

May for Languages

Grades 3 and 5 from Cornerstone of Hope came to spend all morning at Lycée Français de Lusaka. Children had a geography lesson, observation games, had a visit to the Alliance Française library, did reading together.

At the end all the children celebrated multi-lingualism !

Africa Day

Cornerstone Of Hope highschool welcomed teenagers (6èmes and 5èmes) from the Lycée Français de Lusaka. Together they shared poetry class, dances, ball games

Solidarity Race

On 13 June, 25 teenagers from Cornerstone Of Hope took part in a solidarity race at the Lycée Français de Lusaka. This event brought together students from kindergarden to Highschool. They all ran together for different distances. Racers were recruiting sponsors for their race.

It was a great success, with many children pushing themselves above and beyond, also encouraging each other. What a great energy !

The fundraising made it possible to buy warm clothes and socks for the winter for each of the 130 children at Cornerstone of Hope.

A useful and needed donation for the children of Lusaka

Sustainability Projects Sharing

Grade 3 and CE2 have shared their projects arount sustainability and energy.

May for Languages

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