House of Faith Orphanage — Silembe, Zambia

Project Location

“The Bush” – Mpampi (Silembe area) in the Southern Province of Zambia, Africa.

Children Supported

The most vulnerable (those with no family alternatives)

Upon acceptance a child is received into a new and loving family.  A called and qualified house mom cares for no more than 12 children providing a family atmosphere in an individual home.

ORPHANAGE CAMPUS FACILITIES

  • Six individual homes

  • Cooking and laundry facility

  • Bath houses

  • Activity center with classrooms

  • Playgrounds

  • Community pavilion

  • Farm and garden plots

  • Well and water storage

  • Visitor team dorm rooms

  • Sewage treatment

  • Staff apartment

  • Teacher residence

  • Transition Home

CAMPUS STAFF

  • Orphanage director

  • A loving house mother for each home

  • Teacher

  • Grounds keepers

  • Security staff

  • Kitchen & laundry

  • Physical therapists

  • Pastoral oversight

Project Overview

The primary objective is to provide all of God’s love that can be given through a “home and family” to a homeless orphan child.  We acknowledge our utter dependence upon the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish this objective.

We have happy children who are learning to understand and experience the true meaning of joy. We find proximity to extended family (if any) and familiar community to be important.  They play as all children do.  The older children have daily chores.  Pre-school for young ones and ongoing private instruction for school age kids is standard procedure.  Church, evening singing and Bible stories is a part of the routine.  Tree climbing, soccer, the hunting of small creatures in the bush and the other elements of a young imagination abound.

There is predictability in their future.  From age 14 to 18, preparations have been made for their transition back to their extended family.  A bicycle and a new place to live is step one. Some will go on with advanced education or opt for a vocational pursuit.  So far we have one young farmer and a caterer. Another, Faith Siambokoma, is now a mom herself and living with her new family not far from the orphanage.

We have made great progress since our humble beginnings and with your help, we can reach even farther. Our highest priority is that each orphan becomes an ever brighter, spiritual lighthouse in their world pointing others to a hope that is everlasting.

Eleah Loucks