September 2026
Website relaunched
We rebuilt unseenminorityzm.org for faster load times, full search-engine indexing, and this FAQ section, so funders, partners, and the public can find and verify who we are more easily.
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Updates
Where things stand, as of now.
A running record of Unseen Minority's milestones and where each programme currently stands. We keep this page honest: no update here goes further than what we can back up elsewhere on this site.
Ongoing
Growing Shifting the Focus toward direct case support
Shifting the Focus currently runs webinars, publications, and advocacy. Over the next two years we aim to grow it into a four-stage, wrap-around case-support model alongside existing legal and social services.
See the programme roadmapOngoing
Seeking institutional partners for the Citizen Academy
Under Imiti N'ashikula, we are actively developing the Citizen Academy initiative and seeking institutional partners for its first cohort. No partnership has been agreed at this stage.
See the Citizen AcademyOngoing
Box of Hope piloting in Ndeke Village, Kitwe
Our flagship pilot is running now, equipping orphaned and underprivileged children with exercise books, pens and pencils, backpacks, and uniforms, with giving processed through our pilot partner Sonka.
See the pilot2024
Unseen Minority founded
Founded by Christopher Jambila and George Mbewe, then Vice President and Deputy Speaker of the University of Zambia Student Union, alongside a seven-person founding board.
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Write to us and we’ll keep you posted as each programme moves forward.