I had the pleasure of spending March and April visiting the SPF Isaiah Project in Zambia. As usual more transpired than had been anticipated with many new connections and opportunities which will benefit our work there.
Please see the REPORT about the trip for more information and the ALBUM of photos.
Kind regards, Gordon |

Majory outside her new school
Girls Education Program
One of our original visions was to provide funds to enable young girls to progress with higher education as most of the time boys get preference when it comes to further education.
Despite some pledges of financial support for this program we had not yet made the effort to get those donations and get the program going. During this visit we heard of one of the girls from the orphan program - Majory Kapata - having done very well last year in the Grade 9 final exams. In fact one of the highest set of marks throughout Zambia. Because of lack of funding she had gone to Grade 10 at a low-level school in Kapiri Mposhi and was having to share a house with six strangers as there were no boarding facilities at the school.
It was decided that this was not a suitable situation for a vulnerable teenage girl with such potential so this was the time to launch the program. A couple of highly recommended boarding schools were visited but it was discovered that they only take in girls at Grade 8 and that they could not consider Majory. We therefore settled on Kabulonga Girls High School, a highly regarded Government school, in Lusaka where we found that they had vacancies for the second term of the school year, starting on May 10. Boarding was arranged through Justin Kalunga with friend of his who is also a pastor and has a daughter only two years younger; so the girls will have companionship.

Majory in her new school uniform
We took Majory to Lusaka to visit her host family and the school and got her signed up, fees paid, uniforms and school supplies obtained and transport to and from Kakulu planned. The radiance of her smile and excitement at being given this opportunity was something to behold. Word of it spread throughout the community like wildfire and we received many accolades for having chosen her, a very humble young girl.
The beauty of it all is that we already have the funds in place - donated by a family in Canada - who have committed to support Majory for as long as she goes to school. There are already others wanting to donate to the program which is wonderful as we will have at least two other very suitable candidates needing to go to Grade 10 at the beginning of 2011. |
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