ZIMBABWE

Entumbane Presbyterian Church

Impact:

Foundations for Farming – Matopos Region
Impact:

• Agricultural training and supplies to help families improve their own food-security

Free Methodist Church Project, Magwegwe North
Impact:

• School fee payments made for 102 children orphaned by AIDS
• Professional skills training for 1 community member
• Camps/retreats for 25 youth to "get away and be kids", while receiving needed grief counseling & support
• Food supplies for 100 people provided 4 times a year
• Implementing Foundations for Farming training for needy families in the community

Partners: Neighboring churches, Foundations for Farming, Christian Leadership Resource Center

Mtshabezi National AIDS Programme, BICC
Impact:

• School fee payments for children otherwise unable to afford them
• Voluntary HIV testing for clients
• Support for schools participating in Peer Education Programme
• Volunteer home-based care workers trained
• Home-based care supply kits distributed to needy families

Partners: BIC World Missions and Mennonite Central Committee

Theological College of Zimbabwe (TCZ) Leadership in HIV/AIDS Care Development Fund, Bulawayo

Impact:

• Training and education provided for 168 TCZ alumni involved in HIV/AIDS relief work

Partners: Friends of TCZ, Christian Leadership Resource Center

Abandoned Children’s Ministry
Impact:

• Currently caring for 30 abandoned children, plus providing staff salaries and general operations to maintain a consistent environment for the children

ZAMBIA

Brethren in Christ Church Orphan Care Project, Copperbelt

Impact:

• School  fees and other services provided for 100 orphaned children
• Assistance provided for 10 home-based care patients
• Empowering, sustainable training in microfinance and other care provided for 60 widows

CURE International AIDS Relief Project, Lusaka
Impact:

• Supplemental nutritional support for 100 pediatric patients who are also HIV-positive
• Skills training for the mothers of hospitalized HIV-positive children

Partners: CURE International, Beit CURE Hospital

Free Methodist Church Project, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 26 elementary school children forced to drop out of school

Hope Chapel Church, Ndola
Impact:

• 150 students receiving free education at a school run by the church
• Supplies for school including desks, textbooks, teacher stipends, meals for students
• School fees paid for an additional 28 children in the community attending government schools
• Plans in progress to drill a well to address clean water access needs in the community

Kabushi Evangelical Church of Zambia Orphan Care Project, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 60 orphans and vulnerable children
• New well drilled to provide clean water access and irrigation for farming
• Pastor’s home constructed
• Banana orchard at the church plot generates income for the church’s orphan care ministry

Kawama Evangelical Church of Zambia "Echoes of Mercy" Ministry, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 35 orphaned children
• Community garden provides vegetables, particularly for the elderly community members who are caring for orphaned children
• Provides HIV/AIDS awareness programs to church members and surrounding community

Partners: Firelight Foundation, USA; SOS Village, Kitwe

Lubuto Church of Christ Project, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 21 orphans (with a goal of 80) who were forced to drop out of school
• Sewing training empowerment project for 32 widows
• Purchase of a hammer mill to grind mealie (corn) in the community, thereby generating income to sustain the project and providing food supplements for children and their caretakers
• Plans to host semi-annual retreats for children who have been orphaned, with a focus on psycho-social support and care

Ndeke Evangelical Church of Zambia, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 24 children (with a goal of 48) forced to drop out of school
• 20 volunteer home-based care workers trained
• Health and nutritional services for orphaned children and their caretakers in the community

New Life Ministries Church "Mercy Ministries", Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 23 orphans (with a goal of 50) forced to drop out of school
• Purchased and repaired sewing machines for skills training classes
• 77 widows trained by end of 2011 in tailoring skills and equipped with start-up fabric and machine

Northrise Evangelical Church of Zambia Project, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 17 orphans and vulnerable children, including post-high school skills training
• 15 vulnerable households trained in entrepreneurship and provided with access to micro-loans, thereby being empowered socially and economically

Theological College of Central Africa (TCCA) Leadership in HIV/AIDS Care Development Fund, Ndola
Impact:

• Training and education provided for 200 TCCA alumni involved in HIV/AIDS relief work

Partners: THETA

Vineyard Feeding Program Twapia, Ndola
Impact:

• Forgotten Voices partnership ensures that school fees and other requirements are satisfied for 75 orphans and vulnerable children
  *Feeding program sponsored by Vineyard Columbus (Columbus, OH) feeds an additional 75 children. This brings the total number of children under their care and assistance to 150.

Partners: Vineyard Columbus, USA

Zambian Baptist Association, Ndola
Impact:

• School fees and other requirements satisfied for 50 children