Mbereshi girls Boarding School 1927 2013-02-107-girls

Mbereshi Girls' School was a mission boarding school at

Mbereshi Mbereshi (also spelled and pronounced Mbeleshi) is a village in the Luapula Province of Zambia, named after the Mbereshi River on its north side. It is the site of a large mission founded in 1900 by the London Missionary Society. In 1915 the missio ...

. As "the earliest girls' school in

Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in southern Africa, south central Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by Amalgamation (politics), amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barotziland-North-West ...

... this school gained an international reputation." Mbereshi Girls' Boarding School was founded by the missionary Mabel Shaw in 1915, and Shaw served as its Principal until 1940. In 1946 the school was combined with the boy's boarding school to form a new coeducational institution.

Alumni

Betty Kaunda Beatrice "Betty" Kaunda (née Kaweche Banda; 17 November 1928 – 18 September 2012), was a Zambian educator and inaugural First Lady of Zambia from 1964 to 1991 as the wife of the country's first president, Kenneth Kaunda. She was known as Mama ...

(1928-2012),

First Lady of Zambia First Lady of Zambia is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Zambia. Zambia's current first lady is Mutinta Hichilema, who has held the office since 24 August 2021. The first lady of Zambia plays the ceremonial role of the spouse ...

References

Girls' schools in Zambia Educational institutions established in 1915 Boarding schools in Zambia 1915 establishments in Northern Rhodesia 1946 disestablishments in Africa Educational institutions disestablished in 1946 {{Africa-school-stub