By Karen Davis | Vice President
Thanks to the Project Zambi fund 32 young girls associated with Chikumbuso, a women and orphans project in Zambia, will be attending school. These girls live in a slum where 100,000 people inhabit a 2.5 square mile area. Their childhoods have been compromised through both poverty and the AIDS virus. Many of these girls started their education at the Chikumbuso Community School. One of them, Anita, began school six years ago. She came to Chikumbuso as an orphan whose home is a dilapidated house where five siblings all sleep in one room. Despite these difficulties, Anita is a hard working girl full of smiles. Presently she attends Ng'ombe PTA school and not only succeeds in the classroom, but after school she is the ping pong champion traveling around Zambia in various competitions. Each one of these 32 girls has her own personal story lined with a desire to succeed. Through Project Zambi, these girls have been guaranteed an education through high school. This is a dream they never dared to wish for.
Linda Wilkinson
Founder, Chikumbuso
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