From poverty to prosperity
Caroline Mosey Jun 29, 2023 7:00:00 AM

We all know the frustration of unexpected setbacks. But for those living in the vise grip of poverty, a financial setback can mean more than just frustration.

Nightmare Ends for Rural Girls
Mutinta Chiseko Oct 12, 2022 12:36:03 PM

Patricia, her grandmother & son sit in the kitchen

While many people in the world can easily access water from multiple points in their homes, this is not the case for most people in remote areas of Zambia....

Water Made School Possible
Mutinta Chiseko Jun 14, 2022 10:54:34 AM

Dunford helps provide water for the cows.

"Water made it possible for me to go back to school,” says 18-year-old Dunford Shimpande of Mbeza, a remote village in Southern Zambia. Dun-ford is a double orphan who...

Hope is Spelled CHW
Eric Imbuwa Jun 14, 2022 10:48:12 AM

Malaria is highly prevalent in Zambia with everyone at risk of contracting it, especially children under 5 years. The risk is highest in the rural, impoverished provinces like Central and Muchinga. Most...

Happier Than Ever Before
Eric Imbuwa Jun 14, 2022 10:45:49 AM

Patrick and his family work on their harvest together

In Zambia, agriculture can act as a catalyst for reducing poverty and improving nutrition. Despite that, agricultural growth remains stagnant and poverty...

New Mindset Empowers Farmer
Mutinta Chiseko Oct 20, 2021 2:52:45 PM

“Life was hard. I could only feed my family one meal a day and that was not assured,” says 47-year-old Able Mwewa, a father of nine in northern Zambia.

Saved From the Hand of Death
Mutinta Chiseko Mar 31, 2021 6:47:09 PM

Lucy Chalwe is a happily married woman who lives with her husband and their 2-year-old daughter Maria in the remote rural community of Chilufya. Like most areas in this region, her village is surrounded by a stream and...

A Dark Cloud Turns Bright
Collins Kaumba Jan 15, 2021 5:00:00 AM

One sad morning, a dark cloud hovered over Ceron Mumba’s family, swooping away their daily joy and hope. It seemed they had reached an end to their once glamorous future. On that day, Ceron’s husband, the only bread...

Their Hope is THRIVING
Alfonsias Haamanjanji Oct 9, 2020 4:02:29 PM

Gabriel (56) and Regina Nkuta (48) proudly showed me their newly built house with its sheet metal roof. The last time I visited them, they were living in a grass-thatched house. A sheet metal roof signifies upward...

World Vision Lifts Up a Businesswoman
Mutinta Chiseko Jul 24, 2020 12:00:00 PM

“I was scared of losing my children to malnutrition,” says Charlotte Ka-bili, a 19-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which neighbors Zambia. Charlotte is an adorable young mother of three, two...