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| Mwakankomba village is 19 miles east of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia. It has a population of 729 people, including 246 children and 55 orphans. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Due to HIV/AIDS, young adults between the ages of 22 and 38 now account for less than 9 percent of the village’s people. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Headman Dickson Mwahibalabala, the village leader, is committed to saving the next generation of children. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The people of Mwakankomba are primarily subsistence farmers growing maize, sweet potatoes, groundnuts, and beans. The region has significant agricultural potential but a recent drought combined with bad farming practices has resulted in serious food shortages. The annual income of the village is currently between $20 and $120 per household. The village is bordered by a river that separates it from the school and health center. During the rainy season, children can’t go to school and villagers can’t get to the health clinic because there is no footbridge. In addition, the current water sources are unclean, seriously impacting the health of the villagers. Community members have prioritized the problems they’d like to tackle with the help of World Vision: improving the welfare of the village’s orphans and vulnerable children, building a bridge and drilling a well, preventing diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, and improving agricultural production. In order to ensure the sustainability of these projects, the community will participate at all levels of development and implementation. Listed below are the programs that will be made possible with the funds donated by Sparrow Records and people like you: A Daycare Center for Orphans World Vision will work with community members to construct a youth daycare center, where orphans and vulnerable children can come for daily supervision, education, and a meal. The center will be outfitted with toys, books, and other educational materials and staffed by volunteer teachers. Caregivers World Vision will train and manage a cadre of mentors and caregivers—volunteers from the local community—who will work with those impacted by HIV/AIDS and ensure that the physical and emotional needs of orphans and vulnerable children are met. |
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| Health Care and Prevention AIDS prevention education will be provided for children and young adults through community and church youth groups. They will be taught songs and skits that reinforce the issues of prevention and that they can perform for their peers and other villagers. In addition, World Vision will improve the villagers’ access to health care and work to control malaria through education and the distribution of bed nets. A Bridge Community members will work with World Vision to construct a footbridge that will allow year-round access to the school and health clinic. A Well A well will be drilled to prevent water-related diseases and reduce the time villagers spend fetching water. Agricultural Improvements World Vision will provide agricultural training as well as improved crop varieties and agroforestry shrubs that will replenish soil fertility. | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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