Why Zambia
Zambia has the Highest Orphan Rate Per Capita in the World
Over 1 Million Orphans
Average median age: 16.7
Average life expectancy: 51
AIDS killed an entire generation of parents.
Child Labor and Poverty
Children are enlisted in child labor to provide food for their families, crushing stones, selling farm produce, and scrap metals.
69% of Zambians are unemployed.
There is no Welfare Program in Zambia
There are no Food Stamps….
Vulnerable
Hundreds of thousands of children sleep in overcrowded, one-room shacks or under plastic tarps,
vulnerable to abuse and rape.
Girls are at a particular disadvantage in accessing education.
The Lord has brought us to the village of Shikoswe, Kafue, which is severely undeveloped. There is no infrastructure and only one overcrowded Government school serving four surrounding communities.