Thank you to our continuing supporters…
This page is put together from occasional information reaching the webmaster. If we haven’t mentioned you or your organisation, and you would like a mention, please accept our apologies for the omission. Please see the Contacts page for how to e-mail us.
Please see here for more information on volunteering.
Pitsford Junior School in Northamptonshire, England, special thanks for your support! The junior school has been raising money under the banner of ‘Pennies for Makeni’ and managed to raise over £400 in 2015! (We worked out – that amount of pennies weighs more than a baby elephant. Zikomo kwambiri :-))
IT Without Borders – thank you for supporting IT training at the centre in June 2015!
Thank you to St Mary’s Church, Iffley, Donnington and Rose Hill for supporting Makeni Centre as their ‘Mission of the month’!
Special thanks to Friends of Makeni in Holland and Vlijtige Liesjes in Belgium who have contributed an impressive amount of money to building projects and schoolfees in 2014!
for the Lima Hall € 5,000
for the toilets € 5,000
FOM – schoolfees € 3,319
Vlijtige Liesjes Belgium
schoolfees 2014 € 6,959
TOTAL € 20,278
| 2013 Visitors & Volunteers | Country |
| Hon Dorothy Kazunga – Deputy Minister of Community Development, Mother and Child Health | Zambia |
| Barclays Bank staff | Zambia |
| Paul Jongeling and Vera Ootes | The Netherlands |
| Sandy Adams | Scotland |
| Trinity Haambikoma | Zambia |
| Henri & Tieneke Zwarts | The Netherlands |
| Rowland Robinson | United Kingdom |
| Jumbe Ngoma | Zambia |
| Grace Phiri | Zambia |
| Gertrude Shinkanga | Zambia |
| Ardi Stoios-Braken (Head of Mission, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Zambia) | The Netherlands |
| Dorcas Mothers – Makeni Mission | Zambia |
| Gordon Lowes, Julia Lowes, Michael Lowes & JJ Elliot | United Kingdom |
| Stephena Kristina Baler | United States |
| Sunset Villas | Zambia |
| Rev. Sitali Lubinda (Health Secretary UCZ Synod) | Zambia |
Donors and partners…
| 2013 Donors and partners | Kind of Assistance/Area of Assistance |
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| Friends of Makeni, The Netherlands | Material and budget support to orphanage and school |
| Kloosterkerk Worldwide, The Netherlands | Financial and budget support to orphanage |
| African AIDS Angels, Canada | Financial and budget support to Settlement Project (Extension support) and orphanage |
| Little St. Mary’s Cambridge and Sarah Hinton, UK | Financial and budget support to orphanage |
| St John the Baptist Church, Piddington, UK | ” ” ” ” |
| Rowland Robinson, UK | Financial and budget support to orphanage and OVC |
| Friends of Flanders | Financial and budget support to orphanage |
| Rotary Club and George Muller, RSA | ” ” ” to the primary school |
| Andrew Knowles, UK | Financial and budget support to orphanage |
| JC Swinburne, UK | ” ” ” ” |
| Paul Jongeling and Vera Ootes | Technical support to administration, washing machine |
| Henri and Tieneke Zwarts | Birthday presents for all the children and fruits every Friday |
| Gordon and Julia Lowes | £125 for Christmas food and clothes |
| Joke Ruiters | Money for school uniforms, jerseys and school shoes for the children at the orphanage, clothes |
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| Barclays Bank (Z) PLC | Orphanage support |
| Mrs Wenda Dil | Library books |
| Madam Telisa | For Diana Mbao at St Nicholas to buy ice cream after passing exams |
| Mr and Mrs Lungu | K1500.00 budget support to orphanage |
| Sunset Villas through Mrs Sipiwe Mutale | Food stuffs |
| Madam Kimmy | Various fruits |
| Seventh Day Adventist, Dorcas mothers | 60 cups, 30 plastic plates, 25 washing powder, 1 packet diapers, 2 packets pads, 6 bottles lotion, 12 glycerin, 1 set of pots, 2 mops, 36 pants, two brooms, 10 plastic washing dishes. |
| Ms Pauline Allen | 2 bags of maize |
| Mrs Mary Haambulo | 1 bag of maize |
Other Recent Donors include
Scholengroep Zuidwest Den Haag, Holland donated Laboratory equipment, educational materials, shoes and clothes for the children and settlers
Wilde Ganzen through FoM in 2011, donated an assortment of books from primary to secondary school levels.
Dorchester team of Churches, England
The Colonies of Benevolence You can read more about the foundation here (if you can read Dutch!)
Zambia Interfaith Networking Groups (ZINGO)
For support with educational and sensitisation seminars and workshops in Settlement Villages relating to HIV/AIDS work.
The Zambia Tamil Society
We asked for books and the Zambia Tamil Society responded with a generous donation of very useful titles in technical and development studies areas, brought to us by Mr Narthiya. Thank you for your support!
Cheshire Home, Kabulonga, Lusaka
Cheshire Home donated blankets to the children at St Nicholas Village. We are especially grateful for this kind of local support!
US AID For support with HIV/AIDS workshops.
Zambia Education Capacity Building (ZECAB)
Saanich Community Church, Victoria, BC, Canada
Thank you for your support of St Nicholas’ Village. There are photos from the children’s bake sale here.
Here is a list of previous volunteers (rather out of date).
