Orphanage

Welcome to the Jerome Fleischer Orphanage

The religious observance that God the father considers pure and faultless is this; to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being contaminated by the world.

James 1:27

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Zambia has over 1.2 million orphans and about 93,000 are on the streets. Only about 130,000 are receiving some form of help.

There are over 90,000 children on the streets of Zambia.

Here are some statistics from the CIA fact book on Zambia and the Zambia's Central Statistical office in Lusaka;

Zambia has 11,261,795 people
Those out of the entire population who are in employment are 498,943
The Zambian government employs 117,056
65.4% of the 1.3 million orphans are HIV/AIDS
45% of the population are under 15 years of age.
in 2004 there were 93,670 deaths due to HIV/AIDS which translated into;
7,805 deaths a month
260 deaths a day
In 2004, 18% of the population were orphans
life expectancy is 38 years
16.5% of the population are HIV/AIDS positive.
population living below the poverty line -86%
Infant mortality is 100.71 deaths per 1000 live births.
about 50% of all children are under malnourished .
There are 2,110,640 households in Zambia and Children under 15 years of age head 3,711 households and those under 19 years of age head 8,709 households.
More than half of all Zambian Children are malnourished and dont have access to clean water.

The breakdown of orphans is as follows;

0-5 102,310 orphans
6-9 192,671 orphans
10-14 337,927 orphans
15-18 291,974 orphans
19-20 155,484 orphans

Fay Yalenga began to reach out to orphans in 2003. Herself an orphan having lost her father at 13 yrs of age, wanted to start a very small outreach to some orphans. Her aim was to feed and teach a small number of orphans. Seeing the hopelessness in which many orphans find themselves in, she wanted to try and do something at least.

Fay felt the worst thing in life was to do nothing when things are desperate. The ages of the orphans at the Jerome Fleischer orphanage School are 2-14.

$15 can feed one orphan one meal a day for a month.

Fay conducting Praise at the Orphanage School.

The Jerome Fleischer School for orphans is situated along Commonwealth road in Matero Lusaka. It has 137 children.

The Children are taught about the Lord who inspired us to reach out to them (orphans), care for them and give them meals for free. They are encouraged to develop a walk with the Lord. Almost all of them do. It is compulsory to read scripture and pray and worship at the orphanage.

It is a place where orphans find hope, transformation, growth, food, school, love and a biblical education. It is a place where young lives affected by tragedy and disease find wholeness and comfort. It a place where the abandoned find love and acceptance. The school used to meet in an old garage in George compound before moving on to the new location. The School is non profit and all services rendered to the children are free.

Unlike other orphanages in the country, The Jerome Fliescher School strives to be self supporting by entering into income generating ventures. Right now we have three Mini buses which helps pay for the orphanage rent and wages for our trained teachers.

Pray about helping the orphanage school be self supporting by getting the school a

set up a grocery store $5,000

Grinding Mill (Hammer Mill) ($7,000)

Two more Mini Buses ($12,000 each)

Volunteers are welcome!!