Since starting work in 2005 CONTESA has managed to adhere to our pledge that 100% of donations will go to Zambia directly for the benefit of the orphans and vulnerable children in the projects that CONTESA supports. We are extremely proud to have kept this promise and it is important to us to continue to do so. However, it [...]
Continue reading about CONTESA starts Friends of CONTESA membership scheme
The official opening of the CONTESA Vocational and Skills Training Centre by the District Commissioner and John Crowle was conducted on Friday July 13th 2012, led by Kabwe Church Family Mission Board, with other dignitaries, local councillor (representing the Mayor), Police Chief, representatives of the Ministry of Education and TEVETA and CONTESA trustees . There were a [...]
Continue reading about The CONTESA Vocational and Skills Training Centre Officially Opened
CONTESA would like to thank CardsMadeEasy, the online business card and printing company for offering to print our Newsletters for us. It is a much needed form of assistance to us, as the newsletters are an important part of communicating our work to the supporters of CONTESA. CardsMadeEasy offer free printing to charities and non-profit organisations and [...]
Continue reading about CONTESA – Supporter newsletter printed by CardsMadeEasy.
Today is the first United Nations ‘Day of Happiness’. At CONTESA we welcome this new celebration of happiness and wish to share some of our favourite ‘Happy orphan photos. As Aristotle said ‘Hope is the waking of dreams’ and ‘To live happily is an inward power of the soul’. Whilst John Templeton said ‘Happiness comes from [...]
Today’s CONTESA photos of the day, are from the CONTESA feeding programme at Kabwe. The first photo shows 2 young orphans enjoying their lunch and the 2nd photo is of a group of the very hardworking cooks at Kabwe. They cook breakfast and lunch for 750+ orphans but often another 50 – 100 vulnerable [...]