Beautiful Gate Zambia

In the past decade, Zambia is grappling with the worst socio-economic problems ever experienced by the nation. On the one hand, this can be attributed to corruption and mismanagement but a severe draught and the HIV/Aids pandemic have inflicted further assault onto the Zambian people. To contribute towards a better future, Beautiful Gate Zambia community school for HIV/Aids orphans and other vulnerable children was established in 2004 by Bill and Thelma Kaping'a.

Vision and mission statement

“Beautiful Gate Zambia seeks to glorify God by providing quality education to orphans and vulnerable children in our community as well as empowering their families with knowledge and life skills.”

Who we are

The primary objective of Beautiful Gate Zambia is to provide care and support to children in need and their families. Basically we have four main programmes: 

  • Community School  

  • Street outreach 

  • Community outreach and 

  • Youth recreation/development center.


The lack of education amongst the orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) was one of the urgent needs that Beautiful Gate Zambia immediately identified upon arriving in the area in 2003. Instead of attending school; dozens of children in nearby Robert shanty compound could be seen sifting through debris at rubbish dumps for food or toys. Their parents mainly widows or surviving guardians couldn’t afford to buy them school uniforms or pay the school user fees – they would rather spend the little money they have on food. As an organization we aim to help address the above problems in the community by providing quality education to orphans and vulnerable children in our community as well as empowering their families with knowledge and life skills.

Beautiful Gate Zambia is registered as a charity under the registrar of societies. Our registration number is ORS/102/66/4694

  

BILL AND THELMA kAPING'A FOUNDERS 

The children experience great emotional distress that usually begins when their parents’ illness progresses. Eventually, these children suffer the trauma of their parents’ death. They then have to adjust to a new situation, with little or no support, and often the children suffer exploitation and abuse. Many of the children who are living on Kitwe's streets have been orphaned by Aids or chose to live apart from their families due to their poor, neglected and often abusive home circumstances. Kitwe’s economical growth further attracts children from the rural areas and they flock to the city. This is also true for the many children from the Congo, who escaped their country in hope of a brighter future in Zambia.