Support Vulnerable Children in Monze, Zambia

At this time the students are busy with their end of year exams. Those who are in Grade 9 will be working hard to get get good results and hope to find sponsorship to continue with their studies at a local secondary school. Mrs Sianga already supports a number of students in secondary school with support from HANDS AROUND THE WORLD.

The gardening project is progressing well – providing extra food and a little income, but most importantly teaching the children useful skills.

The children at the school are now receiving a small meal each day. This is helping them to concentrate better on their lessons. This is very important and, funding permitting, it will become a long term facility provided at the school. The harvest this year has been very poor and the prices have risen, resulting in more hunger among the school children, so a good meal is particularly valuable. At least at the moment the trees are heavy with mangoes, which provide a readily-available supplement to the diet. But the current rainy season doesn't look good. Very little rain fell until last week when damage from very heavy rain, strong winds and lightning has left additional problems for some families.

Through the generosity of a number of supporters, we were able to provide an extra supply of books a couple of months back. This was desperately needed to give the children direct access to textbooks. The situation is still far from ideal – students still need to share textbooks – but it is a vast improvement on the earlier situation.

We wish the students success in their exams and look forward to the new intake of children in Grade 1 in January.

I am happy to add this letter written by Olden Hamabibi the school Head:

 PIZZ School feeding programme has played a pivotal role to our orphans. The foillowing are the many benefits for the children and the administration:

(a) it has improved attendance for the children. (b) it has motivated the children to learn effectively. (c) it has improved the class participation for children. (d) it has enhanced the hope for bright future for orphans. (e) it has acted as a healing power for the broken soul. (f) it has made orphans to feel cared and loved by the world. (g) it has also added joy on their faces in the school.

Thank you very much. PLEASE KEEP ON HELPING THE ORPHANS IN ZAMBIA!"