King World Missions (KWM), a charity organization founded in 2005, supports orphans and widows in their own community (Kalingalinga and Mutendere suburbs in Lusaka). KWMs primary goal is to build a school for disadvantaged children for fighting against the odds of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Mutendere community, the biggest township of Lusaka with approximately 10,000 inhabitants.
The key people of this project are Ralph Sebente and Agnes Chisenga. A couple of years ago they used to be active as humanitarian workers in the Ndinawe Memorial School, where half of the pupils were orphans or from extremely poor families. Children were given an opportunity to study for free and receive basic food daily. Unfortunately, in 2005 this support was discontinued by the director of the institution.
Having accomplished trainings in project management, strategic planning and report writing, Ralph and Agnes decided to establish their own community based, non-governmental organization “King World Missions" with the initial aim of providing education to those who could not make it into the main stream. KWM focuses on orphans who are the result of HIV/AIDS affected familias, vulnerable and financially disadvantaged children, and grand mothers who struggle with resilience and courage to support the ever growing population of children orphaned by AIDS and nurture them into the future.
KWM needs to socially and economically empower the community with the emphasis on women and children. Their mission is to reduce illiterate levels in Mutendere community by 3% in a period of 10 years and ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in Zambia which can be realized by building a complete school for children.
Children constitute the most significant population sector in the process of human resource development. However, the basic education remains a critical issue in Zambia. School age population is increasing every year, but the government of this country invests only 11% of the national budget into education, while it reaches 25% in the neighboring countries. This resulted in 800,000 school age children (mainly girls and orphans) being left on the street without education, since a lot of families cannot overcome financial burdens related to the costs of education in the private institutions, school uniforms and other study utilities.
Upon accomplishing this project King World School, a one-storey school building with four classrooms serving 80 pupils will be built. This self sustaining community school will provide education to the children who have been left out in the main stream education. Simultaneously associated courses would train the community with skills to help them create their own income on a sustainable basis. The School will be a powerful tool to serve Mutendere community and children, especially girls, to access basic education. King World School will empower women with life sustaining skills, support the poor to take responsibility for their own development, help to create a unified, equitable and just society and join the effort to address the horror of the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa. They dream of a beautiful, clean, calm and poverty-less community. A community with education for all.
The land for the new school has already been bought by School Child Africa a charity organization in The Netherlands. The foundation of the future school is already prepared and ready for starting construction works.
King World Missions needs your help to realize this dream. They hope to find fellow-minded people who, despite today’s economical challenge in the world, will stand for them and the children of Mutendere.