Who We Are

Brief Outline of the first 20 years of Inshindo Foundation

2005 to date

Inshindo Foundation is a Zambian Not-for-Profit Development Organisation that focuses on enabling local communities to access the knowledge that will enable them to take their development in their own hands. Our programs revolve around capacity building, community-based initiatives, generation, application and diffusion of knowledge, and collaboration. We see knowledge to be at the centre of Development.

2015 to date

Emergence of new programs and collaboration with new Funders

2015: reflecting about working with the promoters in processes of community life
2016: Gathering with Promoters at Broadway school, birth of the Community Schools Program
2017: Unity Foundation starts funding PSA program in Mwinilunga
2018: Birth of the Community Agriculture Program, MoU signed with Ministry of Youth and Sports regarding the use of Ngungu plot
2019: Ngungu Centre for Community Agriculture opens its doors
2023: Birth of the Tree Planting Project, Two Wings Foundation starts collaborating with Inshindo Foundation
2024: Organisation explores possibility of restarting a community program for family and community health
2025: Inshindo Foundation takes part in Public Health Gathering at the Bahá'í World Centre

2011 to 2015

Development of PSA Administrative Units within and outside Zambia

2011: Zambia Internship for Lusaka, Southern and Ntambu
2012: Internship for Lubumbashi and Kenya and extending the PSA program to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo
2013: Launch of PSA Seminars, Increased relationships with Bahá'í institutions and integration with Institute
2014: Expansion of the PSA program to other clusters in Zambia, including Kitwe, Chisamba and Sinazongwe

2008 to 2011

Learning about Institutional Capacity, Program Delivery and coordination

2008: Appointed a Program Coordinator, Visited Columbia for further training in PSA program, established the Office in Kabwe Town, Inittiated collaborative relations with Kabwe Municipal Council and the Department of Community Development in Kabwe District, selected and trained the first PSA tutors and formed the first PSA groups in Kabwe.
2009: Relaunched the PSA groups in Kabwe after the collapse of the initial groups and the insightful reflection that followed
2010: Major staff Changes in the structure of the Organisation, Coordinators training in Kenya - Limuru
2011: First PSA Graduations in Zambia, Second group formation and recruitment of new tutors

2005 to 2007

Establishment of the Organisation

2005: Inshindo Foundation was born as a separate organisation from William M. Masetlha Foundation to be headed by Mr. Garth Pollock as Executive Director
2006: First Board of Directors appointed, Approved the Constitution of Inshindo Foundation, and Adopted the Preparation for Social Action (PSA) Program
2007: Officially Registered Inshindo Foundation and started operating within the premises of Masetlha Foundation.

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