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The Seeds…

It all began when two energetic, passionate and socially conscious individuals got together and decided that they wanted to do something for their homeland, their people and their pride that is Africa. They came across an article in the Oprah magazine about the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis in Zambia and it truly impacted them. They began to ask a lot of questions about Zambia and the social conditions that were plaguing peoples lives. Through these questions, slowly the complex realities of Zambia unfolded which enabled them to contextualize the situation, but under this were the stories, tales of the Zambian people and stories of those creating change in Zambia that were contributing to making a difference. Those stories compelled the two to act and invest their energies into increasing the human capital of Zambia’s future generation.

At this time The Zambian Children’s Fund Canada (ZCFC) was born and the vision to provide Zambian HIV/AIDS orphans with an opportunity to a sustainable future slowly became a reality. Although many children lost their parents to the aids epidemic the hope behind ZCFC was to see these children LIVE ON by providing them the necessities of life which include; care, shelter, food, education and medical education. ZCFC was established and soon a dynamic group of young volunteers translated their words and ideas into action. ZCFC partnered with Kathe Padilla (ZCF in the United States) and the Chishawasha Children’s Home of Zambia.

Growth

Everyone was mobilized; friends, family, children, university students and the word about the HIV/AIDS orphan issue began to spread. The tireless work began with many and ZCFC gained momentum, it was no longer two individuals talking or envisioning a dream, rather it was a family of passionate, energetic young people working together watering the seeds of ZCFC and making the tree grow. Over the years ZCFC have grown in many ways working to “build a promising future for the orphaned children of Zambia.” The Zambian Children’s Fund (ZCF) supports orphaned children in Zambia. Founded in 1999, ZCF initiated programs to help the growing numbers of orphaned children whose lives were at risk from drought, starvation and the disease pandemic (HIV/AIDS and malaria) in Southern Africa.