Children’s Health day – Chisomo

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The Chisomo Drop-In Center, in the heart of Lusaka, Zambia, provides daily support to children still living on the streets, offering food, medical care, counseling, and educational activities. In 2024, the center provided support for 2880 young people, of which 487 were girls and 2403 were boys. 1,382,400 hot meals were served, as well as all young people having access to bathing facilities, and to counselling. Additionally, 2 health days were held, when local volunteer medical staff attended and gave each young person a health screening, and access to follow-up health care as needed.

Activities conducted during the health day included: Feeding, Bathing, Clothes Washing, Health check-ups, Counseling, Mental health talks

The director Rev.Aaron Chilunjika (Blue shirt) introducing a team of volunteers to the children before the health day activities begin.
Dr.Bupe Mulenga Kaweme and her colleagues administering medicine to the children at the drop- in
The women preparing Nsima (the staple food in Zambia) for the children during health day
One of the services Chisomo offers is personal hygiene. Under personal hygiene the children are taught personal hair grooming, here is one of our boy providing a haircut to his friend
Chisomo provides snacks to the children as they knock off, done with the day activities at the drop-in, here is Vanessa one of our caregivers giving out snacks to the children.

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