Namwala Town Council is pleased to inform the general public that applications for the 2026 Constituency Development Fund (CDF) for Namwala Constituency will be open from 24th April to 30th September 2025.
Eligible CDF Categories:
- Community Projects
- Youth, Women, and Community Empowerment Grants
- Empowerment Loans
- Secondary Boarding School and Skills Development Bursaries
Eligibility Criteria
1. Secondary Boarding School Bursaries
A learner must meet the following criteria:
- Must be enrolled at a particular boarding school.
- Must be a resident of the constituency in which the fund is sitting.
- Must have qualified to Grade Eight (8) or already enrolled in Grade 9 to 12.
- School dropout who failed to pay school fees.
- Learners enrolled in boarding schools but accommodated in nearby villages due to failure to pay boarding fees.
- Learner who has failed to pay boarding fees but is enrolled at a boarding school.
- Double orphaned learners where the guardian has no reliable source of income.
- Single orphaned learner where the surviving parent has no reliable source of income.
- A learner with a disability whose vulnerability shall be determined as prescribed in the 2022 CDF Guidelines.
- Learners whose parents are disabled and have no reliable source of income.
- Learners on the school re-entry project without family support.
- Learners from a poor, vulnerable, and incapacitated household as prescribed in the 2022 CDF Guidelines.
2. Skills Development Bursaries
Applicants must:
- Be a Zambian citizen with a Green National Registration Card and resident in the constituency.
- Be a resident of the constituency for more than 6 months.
- Possess an admission letter from any of the TEVET institutions or ZNS.
- Be aged between 16 and below 35 years.
- Include entrepreneurs out of school who need up-skilling and re-skilling.
3. Empowerment Grants
Eligible applicants include:
- Cooperatives, Clubs, Associations, and Organised Groups.
- Must have a minimum of ten (10) members.
- Proof of a bank account or mobile wallet registered for the group.
- Proposals must provide employment opportunities.
- The proposed project must be undertaken within the constituency.
- Applicants must have resided in the constituency for over 6 months.
- Groups may qualify for a maximum of K 40, 000.00 as a one-off grant.
4. Empowerment Loans
Applicants must:
- Be a legally registered business, organization, company, group, cooperative, enterprise, or club fully owned by Zambians.
- Present a viable business/project proposal.
- Provide proof of a bank account or mobile wallet.
- Ensure proposals provide employment opportunities.
- Ensure the proposed project is being undertaken within the constituency.
- Have been residents in the constituency for over 6 months.
Where to Obtain Application Forms
- Civic Centre
- National Assembly Constituency Office, Namwala
- Ward Development Committee (WDC) Representatives in respective wards
Online Downloads:
- Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development: https://www.mlgrd.gov.zm
- Namwala Town Council: https://www.namwalacouncil.gov.zm
Note: All completed CDF application forms must be submitted through your WDC Representatives.
For further inquiries, please contact the Planning Department at Namwala Town Council.
