Paul Izod has delighted us with his Ultima retrospectives in recent months, and is working on the next entries in that series even now. However, he has also taken on a new project: building a school in Zambia.

Over the next 12 months through our charity partner, Build It International, BGL will exclusively fund the building of a new school with three classrooms, new sanitation facilities, plus a house for teachers.

In May 2014, I will be taking part in a 10 day visit to Zambia. During the trip, alongside completing the building of the school, I will live in the community, interact with the children and faculty, and even deliver lessons and reading practice to a group of pupils. The trip is a unique chance to experience life in a rural Zambian village and witness the positive impact of BGL’s support

The charity campaign has only just gotten underway, and does not appear to have an imminent, short-term deadline associated with it (although I suppose, per the above, that “May 2014” is a hard deadline for it), and has raised just over 1% of its goal thus far. So if you’re not already tapped out from various crowdfunding and charity campaigns already, consider putting a few dollars toward improving (providing, really!) the education of some Zambian children.