MAIN ACTIVITIES
- Care of orphans and children in distress in terms of social and educational support. This includes street children and children with disabilities.
- Support to widows and divorcees in difficult circumstances. We give economic empowerment through micro financing.
- Provision of holistic care to HIV infected people: medical, nursing care, psychosocial / pastoral counseling, and welfare support.
- Support to single mothers through pastoral counseling, social support, and economic empowerment by way of micro financing.
- Provision of educational support to youths by establishing linkages with Christian colleges and universities abroad with the aim of facilitating scholarship schemes to cater for deserving students.
- Establishing a skills training initiative with the capacity to absorb youths roaming the streets.
BENEFICIERIES
ORPHANS
Orphans are one category of children living in especially difficult conditions due to the impact of the AIDS pandemic upon the adult population.
It is estimated that there are more than 25, 000 orphans in the City of Ndola. Country wide (in Zambia) there are more than 1, 000, 000 orphans, with more being at risk.
As a Church we have an obligation to address the problem of orphans and homeless children, and also children with disabilities. We have more than 200 orphans enlisted on the project; all these are in dire need.
WIDOWS
The death of a husband is a great tragedy. In societies like ours in particular, it is a disaster given the prevailing economic crisis in the country.
In most cases, while men are alive and earning some income, they are unable to save or invest for the future due to insufficient emoluments. It is usually difficult to save under hand to mouth situation. As a result, women and children become destitute overnight when men die.
We have enlisted more than100 widows in desperate situations within our community.
SINGLE MOTHERS
Single mothers, like divorcees and widows are one category of people found at the crossroads of social disorder and economic dysfunction. The problem of teenage pregnancies often lead to young unmarried girls being involved in acts of abortion, baby dumping, especially when the person responsible for their pregnancy denies responsibility. The fear of rejection by the family further places them in a precarious position of desperation and vulnerability to further exploitation and a life of regret.
PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV / AIDS
Single mothers, divorcees, and widows are also found in this category of PLWHA. Apart from being single, divorced, widowed, some women have also to contend with the issue of living with HIV / AIDS. For fear of being stigmatized and discriminated against, many would rather not disclose their status preferring to remain incognito. We have 30 PLWHA in our project. Some are already experiencing the debilitating effects of AIDS in its advanced stage.
WOMEN IN DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
The problem of women in difficult circumstances cannot be overstated. As prices of commodities like fuel, continue escalating and pushing the cost of living higher, more and more women are resorting to degrading practices like transactional sex as a means of survival. Often this done at the risk of contracting HIV.