You can express appreciation, respect and love for a special person in your life with a tribute gift to the Zambian Children’s Fund. Make a donation in honor of a special occasion and celebration of a family member, friend or colleague by making a gift donation in their name. Likewise, the memory of a loved one can live on through a memorial donation to help to make a difference in the lives of children in need. If you indicate, a personalized gift card will be sent to the recipient you designate. (Close)
Many companies, corporations, and other organizations match their employees’ charitable contributions. Criteria for gift matching vary by employers, so contact your organization’s human resources or administrative office to determine if it matches employee donations and if the Zambian Children’s Fund is eligible to receive matching gifts. If there is a special form to complete, submit it with your donation so that ZCF can verify receipt and return the form to your organization for the matching funds. (Close)
Become An Honorary Chishawasha Ambuya (Grandmother) by
Joining Hands with Zambian Grandmothers in Caring for Orphaned Children.
Cuddling your grandchildren, reading them a bedtime story, watching
them sleep, play, run, skip, or hop, listening to their stories,
marveling in their mastery of new skills — these are the universal joys
of grandmothers, or “Ambuyas” as they are called in Zambia.
But in Zambia, grandmothers do much more than cuddle and love their
grandchildren. In a country where more than one-third of all children
are orphaned, the reality for Zambian grandmothers is grim. With many
of their own children gone from disease, grandmothers are left
struggling to feed and clothe their grandchildren. Only the very
fortunate children get to go to school.
These Zambian grandmothers are quiet heroines. They are the nurturing core of their families through more than one generation.
Ambuya Anastasia Makunka
Mrs. Anastasia Makunka is one such heroine. Nine of her own ten
children have died from AIDS. She was left with the care of her 22
grandchildren, feeding, clothing and nurturing them in order to keep
her family intact. As she realized her own health was deteriorating,
she brought six of the children to Chishawasha to ask if they could
live there. Her story is that of thousands of other Zambian
grandmothers whose own grown children have died of AIDS and other
diseases, leaving them to cope with the burden of care for their
grandchildren.
Chishawasha Helps
Chishawasha Children’s Home seeks to help these grandmothers by:
- Providing them with food to feed their families
- Hiring grandmothers to be housemothers, teachers and for other positions at Chishawasha Children’s Home
- Providing financial assistance to grandmothers by paying school fees for their grandchildren to attend school
- Ultimately, providing a home for the children when a grandmother knows that she can no longer care for them herself.
You Can Help
Join hands with the grandmothers of Zambia and become an Honorary
“Ambuya” of a child or children enrolled in one of the projects of the
Chishawasha Children’s Home.
By donating $100 or more annually to help Zambian grandmothers care for
their grandchildren, you too can become an Honorary “Ambuya.” Anyone —
men, women or children of any age — may become an Honorary “Ambuya.”
An Honorary Ambuya will receive:
- A card of recognition;
- A pin to help spread the word about the Ambuya Project;
- Two newsletters a year about Zambian Ambuyas, their grandchildren and how they are being helped by the Ambuya Project. (Close)
Join the growing ZCF Support Network. Call ZCF and we will work with you or your group to help you find a specific project for which you can feel a sense of identity and ownership. This might include providing support for a specific ZCF program or staff person. For example, a class of US school children might want to supply a ZCF classroom with school materials for a year, or raise enough money to supply a teacher for month or a year.
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