CDF is not a myth, it is real, and I am one of the living testimonies that it changes lives, says 23-year-old heavy equipment mechanic Erastus Kaputula. Kaputula says he almost gave up because when his parents, who are peasant farmers in Kalomo, failed to pay for his tertiary education, he felt that his life was just a story that ended in 2020 with his completion of secondary school at Ndola’s Ingwe Secondary School. In an interview, Kaputula said he is happy to share his life-changing experience as a result of CDF’s Skills Development component because it is not about him but about many others who still need their lives changed. “Before I was awarded the CDF Skills Development bursary,...




