Buumba Malambo

Buumba Malambo is a Zambian humanitarian, social worker and politician. She is the councillor for Magoba ward in Kafue.

Early life and education

From the age of 15, Malambo was already involved in charity volunteer work with Judith Chikonde Foundation, a Mufulira-based non-governmental organization established in 2006. She participated in the maize distribution project where she was donating maize meal to the people of Mupambe Village during the typhoid outbreak in 2007, hence she was appointed as Mufulira Youth Secretary by Mufulira Town Clerk at age 15. She then started her own charity a year later.

Malambo studied social work at the University of Zambia

Career

She serves as a member of the Ministry of Gender and Child Development National Co-ordinating Committee and has over the years worked with the ministry to organise events related to children such as the International Day of a Girl Child, Day of an African Child, Children Rights Day and Child Labour Day.

Charity work

In 2012, Malambo started campaigning for children’s rights to education through Facebook, where she built up support and found a mentor. In 2013, her charity, Buumbalambo Foundation was registered as a charity and began to recruit volunteers. Her foundation has been working on a project to stop early marriages in rural Zambia with the help of the Ministry of Gender and Child Development and the Ministry of Education. Since March 2015, her charity has supported 435 children on a sponsorship programme.

Through her charity she has collected over 15000 clothes, toys and shoes from the University of Zambia, colleges, individuals and Radio phoenix Helpline project which she put in her charity shop or donated to the most in need. Her Humanitarian work has given her the privilege to be on great platforms like the Queen young leaders advisory panel where she met the Queen at Buckingham palace in June 2015.In addition she was the first and youngest Zambian to win the Women4Africa award 2015, Africa Arising award 2015, Zambia Woman of the year awards 2016,Mwape Peer award 2015 and the African international Achievers award 2014, Zambia Woman of the year 2016,Voice of Youth Africa award 2013 in London, Nigeria and America respectively. Apart from that she has participated in many child advocacy platforms around the world. Due to her contribution to the Education sector in Zambia she was selected to meet the president of Malta during the Commonwealth Youth council meeting to seal the gap and make collaborations of youth activities between Zambia and Malta. She was also selected to represent the youths during Guy Rider (International labour organisation) first visit to Zambia. Her charity has four projects currently running Mwana Apunzile sponsorship programme where people choose a child and support their education. (2) Sewing a future project for young mothers where they sew and make crafts that are sold locally and internationally to help raise money for them to support their children’s education (3) currently through the traditional leaders her Charity was given land to Build a Community school, resource centre and develop a farm in Gelemiya Village where children walk kilometres to the nearest school and the farm project which will assist in food production as some children in the areas she is working die of hunger (4)Pop a Future project where young people are empowered with employment through skills, ICT and popcorn machines.

she was being sworn in as councillor of magoba ward in kafue at the age of 23 she happens to be amoung the youngest politicians in zambia and youngest in kafue she runs a charity has meet the queen won 14 international and local awards i belive she is an inspiration