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In 1926
the Dominican Sisters founded Kasisi Orphanage. Two years later they
handed it over to the Little Sisters of Mary Immaculate, a Polish
Catholic order. Since then it has grown to be the largest and
best-known orphanage in Zambia. In 2002 the name Kasisi Orphanage
was changed into Kasisi Children’s Home. The children’s home is
situated 37 km from Lusaka, out in the countryside.
The main
objective of the children’s home is to provide the children with
basic needs, care, love and protection and to ensure that these
children will be self-supporting once they reach adulthood. All the
children go to school and after secondary school the children’s home
supports them in further education or in finding a job.
As a
family is the best place for a child, Kasisi Children’s Home tries
to find solutions to bring the children back to members of their
extended family, if necessary with support.
At
the moment, the children’s home has a separate wing for babies and
younger children, a small house for older girls, a street kids house
and two wings for children who are infected with HIV/AIDS, namely
The House of Hope and Martin’s Room. Seven Polish Sisters, eight
Zambian Sisters and about fifty Zambian Housemothers run the
children’s home. |
