In Zambia, VVOB has been supporting education since 1986, working closely with the Ministry of Education to enhance education quality and improve learning outcomes. This includes a long-history in early childhood education, where we have reached over 12,000 teachers to improve early childhood education, while also introducing innovative practices such as play-based pedagogies and gender-responsive early childhood teaching. In primary education, on an annual basis, we work with the Ministry to reach nearly 1 million children to improve their literacy and numeracy skills in over 6,000 schools through the Catch Up programme.