Green Forest School and Orphanage

11/06/2019

These are small and large items that you can provide when we travel there at the end of June 2019! If you can help with any of these items, drop a comment below the photo. Funds need to be picked up or received by Monday, Jun 24, 2019

08/06/2019

The word "orphanage" usually evokes a picture of dark and dingy living, a life of limbo, and meals of porridge! That is NOT what these kids are experiencing. They are living as a family in their own culture enjoying celebrations, laughter, friends, neighbors, school, sports days, seasonal updates to their wardrobes, warm beds, and Saturday morning cartoons! Everything they experience is provided by funds wired every month from Newsong Church in Grove, Ok and a few giving friends and partners! Please consider helping us give these kids the foundation they need to be the future leaders in Zambia!

08/06/2019

The original plan always included a school. The time is now. The property was donated to us, the city has approved the plans and the plot of land is being prepared! While the school is being constructed (youngest grades first), there are already 55 students enrolled who have started classes in the existing orphanage! The first teachers have been hired, supplies are being obtained, and the house next door has become available to rent for additional temporary (or permanent) space. Our visit in June of 2019 will see the progress of that construction! The school will not only provide quality education to "our kids" and others, but will provide long term financial support for the orphanage.

08/06/2019

The children's home is a 4 bed/3 bath home in a residential neighborhood. It is already considered very nice by Zambian standards. Continued updates are made to create a space they are proud of and to make it easier for the "moms" to keep things clean and organized. Many of YOU contributed to these updates and they are SO grateful!

08/06/2019

These are the two who keep the wheels turning, who make the kids feel loved, safe and cared for! From daylight to dark ... they love on the kids, cook 3 meals a day, pack lunches, keep track of clothes, get groceries, change diapers, wash dishes and dishes and dishes.... and never complain. They do these things with or without electricity or water as it is not consistent. They, smile, sing and pray. They are a gift.

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08/06/2019

18/11/2012

Zambian Statistics:

86% of the population lives on less than $1 a day
30,000 children are born HIV positive each year
20% of children have lost one or both parents
75,000 children live on the streets
Population: 14 million - 6.2 million are under the age of 18

Over 1.2 million are classified as orphaned or vulnerable because their parents have died of HIV or AIDS leaving children to care for themselves, elderly grandmothers caring for them or children caring for children!