Bupa International raises over £5,000 for Zambian orphanage

11 August 2010: Employees and delegates at Bupa International’s annual Distributor and Partner Conference, which took place in Zambia earlier this year, have raised over £5,000 for a local orphanage.

Providing invaluable support
The Ebenezer Orphanage in Victoria Falls, Zambia, provides food and accommodation for at least 350 local street children. The orphanage was founded by Ranji Chara, a Sunday school teacher who could no longer bear to see the conditions that many of the street children were living in, and who set up the orphanage to provide food, shelter and ‘a family’ for children who have nothing. Following the success of the orphanage, Mrs Chara went on to build a school for the children in the orphanage, which has given many of them the education they would never have had otherwise.

The money from Bupa International will be used to pay for equipment and tools for the orphanage’s new farm, which provides food for the children.

An exceptional project
Alistair How, managing director of Bupa International, said: “The work of the Ebenezer Orphanage is extraordinary and we are very proud to be able to support Mrs Chara in this small way. We hope that this donation will enable her to continue to help these children, so they go on to live happy and successful lives.”

Continuing the great work
Mrs Chara commented on the donation: “This money couldn’t have come at a better time for us. Feeding so many children is very difficult, and with the orphanage constantly taking in more children, it will not get any easier. This donation is such a gift to us all and will enable me to continue feeding and caring for these children who, without the orphanage, would be back on the street.”

To find out more about the work of the Ebenezer orphanage and school please visit www.ebenezerchildcare.org.