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Prisca is Midwife for the Ministry of Health in Zambia, a Clinical Instructor for General Nursing and Midwifery students, and a trained Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Provider.

An interest in science sparked at Pestalozzi Zambia motivated Prisca to do nursing, along with witnessing poor medical treatment provided to her aunt in a rural hospital.

As a child, Prisca had to live with her step-mother with whom she had a far from amicable relationship with, and her father was regularly away. But her life completely changed when she was selected to join Pestalozzi International as she said:
“I got the love that I needed and the care. The environment altogether was totally different from where I came from. When I came to Pestalozzi, I was ten years old and joined in with my other friends from different districts or towns. I loved singing, gardening, baking and other skills.”
Graduating from our Zambian Campus

Prisca graduated from our Zambian Campus in 2007 and shortly after joined as an assistant housemother, taking care of 60 children. Then from there she managed to get a sponsor to support her through her registered nursing diploma, followed by three years to become a registered midwife at the University Teaching Hospital under Zambia Ministry of Health sponsorship.

Prisca has become a Clinical Instructor for general nursing and midwifery students which is an significant role because in Zambia the average number of children per women of reproductive age is 4.7 births, therefore she has considerable influence on communities. Prisca, has also had the joy of teaching many new midwives to help them develop their skills and expertise in midwifery.

Prisca has helped thousands of women in rural Zambia during their pregnancies and labour, along side also advising and supporting thousands more teenagers in understanding their sexual health. With 54.5% of the population of Zambia living under the poverty line and with a population average age of 16.9, and with an AIDs crisis and with almost 100,000 orphans and vulnerable children, this advice couldn’t be more important to the young people in her community.

Her work also supports the National Health Strategic Plan which set a target in Zambia to decrease the maternal mortality ratio from 398 to 162 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

Prisca is Midwife for the Ministry of Health in Zambia, a Clinical Instructor for General Nursing and Midwifery students, and a trained Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health Provider.

An interest in science sparked at Pestalozzi Zambia motivated Prisca to do nursing, along with witnessing poor medical treatment provided to her aunt in a rural hospital.

As a child, Prisca had to live with her step-mother with whom she had a far from amicable relationship with, and her father was regularly away. But her life completely changed when she was selected to join Pestalozzi International as she said:
“I got the love that I needed and the care. The environment altogether was totally different from where I came from. When I came to Pestalozzi, I was ten years old and joined in with my other friends from different districts or towns. I loved singing, gardening, baking and other skills.”
Graduating from our Zambian Campus

Prisca graduated from our Zambian Campus in 2007 and shortly after joined as an assistant housemother, taking care of 60 children. Then from there she managed to get a sponsor to support her through her registered nursing diploma, followed by three years to become a registered midwife at the University Teaching Hospital under Zambia Ministry of Health sponsorship.