A Vital Mission
Educate children in rural Zambia through community driven programs that serve local needs such as girls advancement, health, and the environment.
An Influential Vision
Knowledge is a sustainable resource. It is transferable, recyclable and additive. We capitalize on Knowledge to address the root causes of poverty through better education, health and environment. We give young generations of Zambians the foundation to advance through school and succeed throughout their lives. We envision a Zambia where girls have equal opportunities to boys, where HIV/AIDS is a thing of the past, where people utilize environmental resources sustainably. We envision a Zambia whose future rests with highly talented, driven and educated young women and men.
A Knowledge Based Approach
Our programs are designed to create sustainble change through knowledge transfer and growth. We select and train local facilitators who work with our staff to create and implement educational programs for the children we serve.
 1. KnowledgeCenters: Spaces for learning whether standalone buildings or individual rooms. We provide books, computers and other learning materials. We also run our localized programs such as environmental education, mentorship sessions and community development out of the centers.
2. KnowledgeCamps: A series of free camps for middle school age children that address high risk issues. Our seven day Girls Empowerment camp teaches young women the importance of financial and social self-reliance. Our three day HIV/AIDS camps teach prevention, including teen pregnancy avoidance and basic hygiene.
3. Scholarships: We offer full and partial scholarships to high performing students to attend secondary school. We focus our efforts on girls, and we place our recipients in the best boarding schools in Zambia.
Why We Succeed
Talented, passionate and skilled team members
Ability to impact hard to reach areas through strong local relationships
 Real-time integration of feed-back from the field
Complementary NGO, private-sector and government partners
Access to funding for operations and program development
Our Sites – Itezhi Tezhi
Knowledge Beat works in the Itezhi Tezhi District in rural Zambia. We currently serve two sites: Ngoma and Masasabi. We intend to stay within the Itezhi Tezhi District for the next five years in order to develop our programs and drive impact.
Milestones
First Annual Girls Empowerment Camp, Summer 2008
First Annual Environmental Science Fair, Fall 2009
First Scholarships Awarded, Fall 2008
Ngoma KnowledgeCenter Opening, Spring 2009
HIV/AIDS Camp Launch, Fall 2009
Masasabi Launch, Fall 2009
Hired Executive Director, Kathryn Nevard, Spring 2010
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