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Documentary about the situation of the youth in Zambia. Made by PeaceQuest, a swedish NGO that works with issues of youth and democracy. Zambia is one of the poorest countries in the world. About 70% of the population live below the powerty line. Historic developments, uneven global trading patterns, a world-wide economic recession in the 1980s and the regional economic destabilisation caused by the political instability in the region has contributed to this situation. Another contributing factor to the economic situation in Zambia has been the three droughts which occurred from 1991 to 1994. The economic situation has left most people in rural areas more poor than they were in the 70`s. Many families in rural areas can only afford one meal per day. Food is crucial and has first priority for people. Clothing comes further down on the priority list for most people. Economic and social development is urgently needed to enable Zambians to create better lives for themselves. This requires immediate assistance and relief measures as well. The Humana People to People Movement started in Zambia in 1985. Ten young Zambians were trained for one year in Denmark. They returned together with a group of Scandinavian solidarity workers and a project leader to start the development work in Zambia by creating Frontline Youth Centers throughout the country. The idea was to mobilize and educate young people to participate in the development of their country by staying in the rural areas and creating the development there, at the Frontline Youth Centers.Nine centers were established and handed over to the youth as co-operatives. In 1990 DAPP in Zambia started more projects under the Child Aid headline, such as the Children's Town. DAPP in Zambia has increased and developed its activities to consist of 10 projects within different sectors of the Humana People to People movement.
 Map Zambia The population of Zambia at the time of the 1990 census was 7,818,447. A 2006 estimate was 11,502,010, giving the country an overall population density of 16 persons per sq km (40 per sq mi); much of the northeast and west is sparsely inhabited.
School attendance has increased substantially since Zambiaâs independence in 1964. In 2000 some 1.6 million pupils were enrolled in primary schools, representing 82 percent of school-aged children. Only 28 percent of secondary school-aged children were enrolled. The University of Zambia (founded in 1965), at Lusaka, had about 10,500 students in the mid-1990s. The Livingstone Museum, at Livingstone, has a collection relating to the archaeology and natural history of southern Africa. The Institute for African Studies of the University of Zambia publishes studies relating to central Africa.
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