Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza is one of the co-founders and the Executive Director of the African Education Program. She is a recognized community leader by the M. Night Shyamalan Foundation and a 2021 Gratitude Network Fellow.

Today, she shares insight on lessons learned over the past 15 years since AEP opened its flagship learning and leadership center in Kafue, Zambia.

September is an exciting time for the entire AEP family. Every team member in Zambia participates in home visits where they get a chance to go out into the community to interview new and returning Scholarship Program applicants for the upcoming 2022 academic year.

Zambia’s presidential election this year was one anticipated show. We witnessed the biggest turnout of voters in the history of the country as people both young and old took part in exercising their civic right and duty in choosing the country’s leader.

The African Education Program (AEP) continues its quest to make their operations in Zambia as transparent and accountable as possible – by providing a clear cut picture – regarding where, why and how every dollar is spent and whether it’s contributing to positive and measurable change in the lives of our girls and boys, their families and in our community.