ZOA

The Manager of the orphanage is Mr Alouis Mwansa, retired Headmaster of Serenje Boys Technical School. Mr Kamandete Chuma is the Managing Director. At the 'Serenje Orphans School Home, 44 children are being fed, washed and educated (at local schools) during the school week (Monday to Friday) and then going home to guardians on weekends. This arrangement means that the link to their natural guardians is not being severed by 'institutionalising' the children, and they are receiving a balanced diet, care and education.

Construction of the dormitory building commenced in late 2005.

On the 2006 ZOA trip to the orphanage a playground was constructed and a football pitch cleared.

In May 2008, the dormitory building was finally completed after long delays due to cement shortages, floods and paperwork approval. 
          July 2006                               January 2007       

    July 2008 - a second visit by a ZOA group assisted the orphanage in various projects described on another page of this website.

In November 2009, the Canteen building was completed. Before this, the children were being fed in a temporary hut, shown below.

A laundry block is also now nearing completion. This building plus a washing machine is the result of a generous donation by the Ustinov Foundation. The next construction phase at the orphanage will be a security fence around the site to protect the children and to diminish the threat of theft. Following this, we will then need to raise funds to construct a large building containing a library/laundry/sickbay/office.