Thanks to the tireless work of the staff and volunteers at Chisomo in Lusaka, Zambia, life isn’t forever hopeless for children who find themselves living on the streets of the city. This can be shown by the following two images. Both are of youngsters who, in September 2021 were living…
In Zambia, the norm for secondary schooling is to go to a school that is away from where your home is and attend as a boarder. So, the start of a new term for secondary school students involves packing up the required belongings and travelling a distance. For the older…
This story from Chisomo in Zambia is definitely a cause for celebration and thanks. A Lusaka company calledGrow Drip (Home – Grow Drip Zambia (grow-drip.com)) is generously providing Chisomo with an irrigation system and seedlings for their children’s shelter at Makeni. The aim is to help them to become self-sufficient…
CRED Trustee Steve Bridgeman, and his wife Jane, talk about their sabattical which they are spending with Chisomo project, in Zambia ‘Hi! We are Jane and Steve Bridgeman, from Littlehampton in England. We have both taken sabbaticals from our work in education in the UK and are spending the year…
A report from Chisomo Shelter regarding the current numbers of children in education: The number of children at the Shelter is 18 and subject to change as new children may be admittedto the Shelter anytime.We have 11 children who are day scholars doing various grades at 2 different schools. At…
Children can end up living on the streets for all sorts of reasons, most of them not of their own making. And whilst on the streets, life can feel pretty bleak. But thanks to the input from Chisomo, street children in Lusaka, Zambia, are getting access to new opportunities and…
Children can end up living on the streets for all sorts of reasons, most of them not of their own making. And whilst on the streets, life can feel pretty bleak. But thanks to the input from Chisomo, street children in Lusaka, Zambia, are getting access to new opportunities and…
One of the programmes run by the Chisomo team in Zambia has reusable sanitary pads as its product. These pads are then sold locally, and to other NGO’s in Zambia who can offer them to their service users. So you could be forgiven in thinking that this equates to an…
Full Proof is the name of the programme run by the Chisomo team in Zambia to support vulnerable mothers. Headed up by Josephine Chilunjika, the programme offers a range of activities including parenting skills, peer support, and activities to help develop income generating skills. During the CV-19 pandemic, the women…
Chisomo Ministries is based in Lusaka, Zambia, and provides support for children who are living on the streets. Headed up by the founders, Aaron and Josephine Chilunjika, the staff at Chisomo run a drop-in project for the children, so that they have somewhere safe to come to during the day.…
