Cecily's Fund

Cecily's Fund is a UK-based charity that enables impoverished children to go to school in Zambia, with a particular focus on those orphaned or made vulnerable by AIDS.

The charity was created by her parents as a necessity, in order to fill the gap in education funding for children in Zambia who could not afford to attend school.

[2] As of November 2009, working in partnership with local non-governmental organisations, Bwafano, and CHEP (Copperbelt Health Education Project) the charity enabled over 9,500 children to go to primary and secondary schools by paying their tuition fees and purchasing supplies like uniforms and books.

[4] It also funds a Peer Health Education Programme, run by CHEP, that educates young children about how to prevent the spread of HIV, and funds Hodi to run a Teacher Training Programme that sends school graduates to local teacher training institutions.

As of March 2010, the charity annually funds 36 people to train as teachers, and 50 to work as peer health educators.