Fostering Hope

Over the past six months Eagles Wings has been developing a foster care program that will enable children to move from an institutional based model of care (which is currently used throughout Zambia) to a family based model of care. That can be incorporated into any local church ministry and/or other non government organisations.

Sharon Daka, a Zambian national staff member of Eagles Wings has been heading up the research and development of this new model, with three Australians, Karyn, Kirsty-Lee and Sally forming the team. Currently Sally, from Brisbane is in Zambia working with Sharon on the final stages of the foster care model. Particularly looking at the training aspects for careers.

This is such a new area that from what the Zambian government are saying, no other non government organisation are using such a model. As such there has had to be a lot of work go into the preparation to make sure all aspects have been covered in the policies and procedures.

We are now getting very close to launching this program whereby over the next 6 months careers will be trained and children who currently have no existing family will be placed within these families. It’s exciting, but we would really value your prayers as we look at moving from development to implementation stages. If we can achieve good results in this area it will have a massive impact on children who have no existing family to care for them, or at present cannot be reunified for various reasons e.g. abuse and extreme neglect back into their existing family.

African Fundraising Dinner 2

Tickets are still available for the fundraising dinner to be held at Cleveland Baptist Church on the 25th September at 6.30 pm. Tickets are $50.

To book seats for the dinner please visit www.breakthecycle.org.au or email chantelle@ewafrica.org

Make a Difference

All MAD keen golfers, if you ever wanted to play a round of golf in Africa that will make a difference in the lives of children, now is your chance!

MAD (Make a Difference) International Charity Golf Day
6th September 2009
Ndola Golf Course, Zambia

$100 to play
$100 to sponsor a player
$1000 to sponsor a hole
Includes lunch and dinner

All welcome
All funds to Eagles Wings
Event sponsor: Energy Management Services Pty.Limited
Contact: Peter Rusin 0417 006 926 or karyn@ewafrica.org for more information