1. Globally, persons with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are
amongst the groups most excluded from the labour
market. In Zambia, they often lack access to education
and adequate support, which seriously limits their chances
to obtain meaningful employment as adults. Community
attitudes are also one of the greatest barrier to participation,
involving stigma and low expectations of the person’s ability
to participate and contribute. However, the conviction that
people with IDs do not have the capacity to work in regular
employment settings was challenged as far back as the late
1960 by various researchers.
The Sunshine Zambia Project is a social enterprise under
the Sani Foundation that is working to prepare young
adults with intellectual disabilities for life after school. The
project teaches and supports members to create and sell
products using recycled materials, as well as, receive
training that will prepare them for employment on the open
job market. The project also profiles each member’s needs,
identify their aspirations, talents and skills, and beyond the
training, find short term internships for members to have
an experience of the employment world before accessing a
permanent job or setting up a business concern.
The Sunshine Zambia project produce various products
including but not limited to craft made from wine bottles,
plastic bottle, metal cans, cereal boxes as well as pet
biscuits, vegetables and herbs. Our members are trained
in different trade skills (production: craft-making, cooking,
gardening, etc. and selling: weighing products, packaging,
counting change, etc.). They rotate between different tasks
in order to facilitate the identification of each member’s
work preferences and career aspirations.
The project gives its members a sense of identity,
responsibility and independence, aiding them to
experience a real job setting while operating within
an environment which is not only safe but also
cultivates requisite skills for success. By purchasing
our products, customers are not only obtaining
quality products at competitive prices but they are
also playing an enormous role in supporting the
Sunshine Zambia Project’s long-term plan of providing
employment to persons with intellectual disabilities.
The Problem Our Solution
our impact
our products

2. SPREAD THE WORD
about intellectual disability
and the Sunshine Zambia
project – let’s break the
barriers caused by the lack
of knowledge.
GIVE BACK
Get yourself, your friends or
your company to donate
goods/services to Sunshine
Zambia
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on with the Sunshine
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VOLUNTEER
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volunteer (we always
need more friends to
read, sing and dance
with us!)
DONATE
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monthly donation
(any amount of your
choice)
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The Sani Foundation
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Contact us:
+260 977 797 405
sunshine@sanifoundation.org
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