Joy Community, Zambia - a brief history



Some of you may already know, but our dear friend and brother died very suddenly on Sunday morning (17th Feb). He was taken ill at the weekend and died on Sunday morning. Latima died of complications relating to another malaria attack. Click here to read the full story.

The Joy Community is in Ndola, Zambia.

Below is a brief history of how we became involved with our brothers and sisters over there. Click the link in the right menu to read Latima's blog.

  • Jan Moir heads to Zambia in 2001 as part of a Diocesan visit having been given 100 pounds for a good cause.

  • Jan meets Latima Bupe at the start, and again at end of week, decides to give him the money for Joy Community School building project (Oct 2001).

    Having already made the bricks on faith, they now have money to start building the school.

  • Jan never asks for money, but it pours in at church and in the Parish, so it is regularly forwarded to Latima in Zambia.

  • The building goes up and in Feb 2002, glass goes in the windows.

  • February 2003 the school officially opens with a roof on the building!

  • Late 2003 the school room has desks and is packed with children daily.

  • In 2005:
    • Electricity was connected to the school;
    • Latima's vision of giving the children one meal a day commences in 2005 with the installation of a grinding mill;
    • Water-borne toilets installed;
    • December - the borehole for water was officially commissioned.