2026年5月、ザンビアのナロロ地区マンデ小学校で、設立から40年を経て初めての教室棟が着工された。May 2026 — Mande Primary School in Nalolo District, Zambia, broke ground on its first-ever classroom block, 40 years after the school was founded.

Mande Primary School in Nalolo District, Western Province of Zambia, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first permanent classroom block, forty years after the school was established. Its 366 pupils had been studying in an ageing building supported by mud poles.

Nalolo District lies in the Western Province near the Zambezi floodplain, a rural area where infrastructure has lagged. Construction of school buildings funded through the Constituency Development Fund has been under way across the district.

The new classroom block is financed through the development fund, and local representatives attended the groundbreaking. Once completed, the structure is expected to replace the temporary buildings with a durable learning environment.