I had been looking forward to this trip ever since I had met my husband John who told me about Zambia. It was so great to actually see the places he had talked about. Going there with Esnat and seeing all the hard work and amazing results that CONTESA is accomplishing made it just that [...]
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Very sadly CONTESA has to report the passing away on 24th August 2011 of Orphan Sarah, who was featured in our recent newsletter and also a CONTESA news report, as Sarah was such a wonderfully determined and inspirational 13 year old and despite the very difficult and adverse conditions she had faced, she was determined [...]
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Margaret’s Story…. This blog post is a true story documented by two of CONTESA’s trustees during one of their visits to Zambia in April 2011. This story of Margaret aged 7, highlights the unforgiving and harsh conditions vulnerable children in Zambia face daily and the heartbreaking reality of the work our Trustees and [...]
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CONTESA Chair Esnat recounts her trip to Kabwe where she met Sara. This is a direct appeal from Esnat asking for sponsorship for ‘Orphan Sarah’ and her cousins. “During my recent visit to CONTESA programmes and projects in Zambia, I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions. Some of these were happy moments but the harsh [...]
In the first part of our blog we explained how the kind and generous donations from our supporters have helped fund Our Lady’s Hospice in Kalinglinga. In this second post we want to highlight how the efforts of CONTESA and Our Lady’s Hospice have allowed children infected with HIV can start to have a normal [...]