Lubuto, Zambia

Impact: 21 orphans back to school (working towards a goal of 80) and sewing/empowerment projects for 32 widows; purchase of a hammer mill used for grinding corn, providing sustainability.

This project identified a community need for hammering mealie, known as corn in the USA.  This not only provides a service to the area’s farmers, but is also starting to generate income for the church to sustain their orphaned care ministry.  Funds raised will provide for school requirements, as well as provide food supplements for the kids and their caretakers. The project also wants to host semi-annual retreats for orphans to address their psycho-social/counseling needs and just let kids be kids for a weekend.

When you visit Lubuto, you see hope in the faces of those who are working hard on behalf of vulnerable kids.  They’ve long labored to love these children, but now see a sustainable way forward with the hammer mill.  The hope they have longed for is beginning to arrive and the excitement is contagious.  You cannot help but smile and give thanks to God for the way business, love, and community needs converge to demonstrate Christ’s love to those in need.

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