Yande learns to walk with the aid of crutches and splints provided by Bethesda Mercy Ministries.
Zambia
Tabitha Initiative in Kabwe, Zambia, gives business training and small loans to vulnerable women, empowering them to start sustainable businesses in their communities.
September 2014 OM Lake Tanganyika started a farm with two pigs, today they have 78.
There is a belief that street kids are evil and cannot be helped. OM worker Christine Jones in Zambia believes differently.
After the glamour and glitz of moving wears off and the hype and excitement of living in a new country dies down, the realization of the magnitude of what just happened hits like a ton of bricks. In order to move forward, you have to acknowledge things are different than they once were. Life is different now, and you have to adjust accordingly. But that's hard.
It finally happened. After living in Africa for nearly two years I, RJ, am sick of the sun. Sitting in the sunshine, I've complied a list of things this Canadian girl misses about that wonderful, incredible, often-dreamt-of, wistfully-thought-of season: winter.
OMer RJ shares about a situation in Zambia that made her uncomfortable, and then made her think. What can we do when the horrible situation in front of us seems impossible to change, and how can we have compassion for all of God's children?
Mwando village along the shores of Lake Tanganyika didn't have a church, but they did have an interest in sports.
OM Zambia develops women through skills training in sewing, cooking, embroidery and more to bring change to communities.