Zambia Project

The Zambia Project, established in 2005, is an ongoing partnership between Epiphany Parish and St. Lawrence Home of Hope, located outside of Lusaka, Zambia in Africa. Our focus is to offer ongoing prayer and financial support for housing, food, and education for the orphans and displaced youth that live at the St. Lawrence Home of Hope shelter.

Money, raised through parishioner donations, has gone to support the construction of new bath houses, classrooms, dormitories, offices and more. We have also provided for teachers salaries, health care providers, transportation costs and have established college scholarships for four Home of Hope residents.

Follow the St. Lawrence Home of Hope on Facebook to learn more about their daily challenges and triumphs. Click on this link or the Home of Hope picture above and hit the “Like” button.

This parish ministry was founded by Father Harry Koelker, St. Joseph's pastor from 2003 to 2007. From 1986 to 1989 he was as a missionary in Zambia, Africa. 

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Interested in becoming a member of the Zambia Project Committee?
Please inquire at the Epiphany Parish office at 423-5001

Zambia is slightly larger than Texas .

The its population is around 13.2 million (Iowa's is 3.09 million).

The average life expectancy is 52 years.

One of the staple foods is sweet corn.

The capital is Lusaka which has a population of 1.7 million. It is one of the fastest growing cities in central Africa and is the location of the St. Lawrence Home of Hope.

Around one in eight Zambians lives with HIV/AIDS and the disease kills 50,000 per year. It has left around 700,000 children living without one or both parents.

Grinding poverty and the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS pandemic has meant that sending children to school is out of reach for most families. Even when children can go to school, class sizes are around 60 pupils.

More than 72 languages and dialects are spoken across Zambia. The most widely spoken are English and Bemba.