Ndola is the second largest city in Zambia with a population of 775,000. It’s an industrial province in an area known as the Copperbelt. Despite Ndola’s industry, 86% of the population lives below the poverty line and 45% below the age of 14. The life expectancy is 39 years old due predominately to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The real impact of this devastating virus is seen more vividly in the compounds surrounding Ndola where countless women and children call home, living on less than a dollar a day. Babies are often raised by their older sisters and brothers, some only children themselves. We are encouraged by the overwhelming sense of community we find in the compounds. Most mothers who are still alive are raising their children and have also opened their mud homes to the orphans left behind. Wiphan has set up two schools in neighboring compounds…one called “Sinia Center” and the other called “Mapalo Center”. Together these schools serve 400 orphans and vulnerable children as well as 100 widows. Wiphan provides an education, a meal a day, skills training, a medical clinic and most importantly, a biblical foundation for these women and children to have hope for a better future.
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