Pass It On

The Cycle of Youth Leadership, from Radnor to Kafue

In 2004, a few students from Radnor High School in Pennsylvania wanted to connect with young people their own age in Zambia. Today, high school students in Kafue stand in front of their classmates every week to talk about their health, their choices and their futures. They are Peer Educators, and they are passing it on.

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13,700+

peers reached by Peer Educators in local schools and the community since 2023

171

Peer Educators in training this year

$100

trains one Peer Educator, who will reach about 20 peers this year

A note from Julie-Anne

Every week in Kafue, Zambia, high school students stand in front of their classmates and take on the topics that are hardest to talk about at their age: their health, their choices, their futures. They are Peer Educators.

The African Education Program (AEP) began in a similar way. In 2004, a few classmates and I at Radnor High School wanted to connect with young people our own age in Zambia. More than twenty years later, that idea is still being passed on.

Meet Emmanuel. He grew up in Chanyanya, a fishing village with no secondary school. In 8th grade, a scholarship from our Rural Outreach Program brought him to Kafue for school and to our Learning & Leadership Center, where programs in inclusive education, health, gender equity, entrepreneurship, urban farming and leadership reach the whole community. Today, he is the Peer Education Program’s Lead Facilitator Intern, training new Peer Educators.

This year, I’m asking you to pass it on. Your gift keeps opportunities like Emmanuel’s open to the next generation of young leaders in Kafue. And this season, share his story with the friends and family who care.

It started with students in Radnor. Today, students in Kafue carry it forward. Thank you for being part of it.

Gratefully,

Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza

Co-Founder & Executive Director, African Education Program

How your gift passes it on.

$30

Provide reusable menstrual health supplies and training to one young woman.
More than 5,500 menstrual health products distributed through the Reproductive Health Access Initiative since 2019.
$100

Train one Peer Educator, who will reach about 20 peers this year.
Peer Educators have reached more than 13,700 peers since 2023.
$150

Provide one woman in the community with the 4-month Women’s Business Training.
Women who complete the training report an average income increase of 79%.
$450

Provide one year of holistic after-school programs for a high school student.
91% of the Center’s 12th graders passed the national exam in 2025, compared with 70% nationwide.
$900

Provide one year of learning for a special education student at Read for Rose.
More than 40 girls and boys with disabilities learn with individual learning plans at Read for Rose.
$2,500

Provide one college scholarship to a student attending a Zambian college.
31% of the Center’s graduates attend college, compared with 7% nationwide.
$5,000

Provide 25,000 meals to the girls and boys in the Nutrition Program.
More than 350 hot meals are served every day, with a protein, a vegetable and a starch.