Social Change- The way Forward for SLA

During the last couple of months, SLA has received three key volunteers from the UK and USA with various unique expertise including Research, Accounting and Community participation.

What has come out of the visits is helping SLA realize its potential as a "change agent " in Kabwe, Zambia's central province. So what is Social Change understood by members of SLA:

Mary Kombe: "Social change is letting people change their behaviours and attitude towards HIV/AIDS"

Jean Nkata : "Social Change is a science of that we teach in Primary and secondary school"

Following a group meeting with support from Home Based Care expert and SLA Capacity Building Officer/Board Member, Mr. James Milunga, it was clear that SLA is infact a social change agent."By mobilizing the community to influence policy on at local level, we are infact supporting social change"

In the next few months, SLA will soon be educating most of its members on the theory of social change that will allow people to realize their human rights on issues affecting their lives and that they too can make a difference in influencing those in power. This can only be done through groups of social change such as SLA Community Groups