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Kabwata |
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 The Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre is based on the Burma Road in
Lusaka. It is a secluded haven where orphaned,
mistreated and abandoned children live, cared
for by the centre's co-ordinator, Mrs Angela
Miyanda and her staff of 'aunties'.
The staff
ensure that the children are fed, educated and
loved. Most of the young people in the Kabwata
Orphanage are from Zambia, but there are also
young survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide
living there. |
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Volunteer Service |
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One of the main ways that we assist the Kabwata Orphanage is through service. Our volunteers both at Easter and in the Summer, work alongside the Aunties, helping with cleaning, gardening, cooking, painting and playing with the kids. This is hugely important to the relationship building and acting in solidarity which are central to Project Zambia's mission. |
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Plumbing System |
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Project Zambia has funded the installation of a new plumbing system in the Orphanage, allowing for access to clean drinking water and hot water for bathing. |
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Support For Aunties |
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Project Zambia supports wages for the full-time care workers that staff Kabwata Orphanage. The 'aunties' as they are called are more than simply care-workers, they are family to the children living in Kabwata. |
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Sustainability Projects |
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 Project Zambia has in the past, funded salaries
for the orphanage staff, but is now
concentrating on funding and working on
Sustainability projects, to allow the Orphanage
to manage its own running costs.
Included in
these projects is a vegetable garden and a
chicken run, so that vegetables, eggs and
chicken can feed the children and the staff and
so that these things can also be sold in the
local marketplace to generate income.
We have also, in 2007,
funded the buying of land to create a banana
plantation which will be used as a food and
income generation project for the Kabwata
Orphanage. The profits from this plantation have
funded the costs of a library building in the
Orphanage, which has benefitted the children's
school work and given them a quiet place to read
and relax. |
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