RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA

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AUGUST 2004
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
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IMPACT AFRICA
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2nd 21st August 2004 Livingstone Zambia
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Zambia Facts and figures

• Population - 10.5 million
• Life expectancy 38 years
• Unemployment -90
• Child mortality 20 of children in urban areas
  die before they reach 5 yrs, in rural areas it is
  33
• In Livingstone, 35 of adults are registered as
  HIV positive. The true figure will be much higher
  due to social stigma and lack of awareness

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RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA
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Rainbow Africa is a Christian charity.  Its
primary aim is to bring help, care, education,
and development to people in the impoverished
areas of Africa, guided by the mandate of the
Christian faith.  Rainbow Africa is based in
Livingstone, Zambia with offices in Loughborough,
UK and St. Louis, USA.
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Rainbow Projects 2003-4

• Relief food aid
• Outreach new evangelist/pastor
• Grannies and orphans
• Maramba Old Peoples Home
• Health rural mobile clinics
• Sponsored children in Kings Primary and Rainbow
  Pre-school

Future plans

• A daycare facility for children orphaned by
  AIDS/HIV
• To extend education programme in the region
• To extend the provision of free treatment for
  malaria, worms and bilharzia

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Food aid started last year following severe
drought in Southern Zambia. There were some rains
during rainy season but not enough for the crops
- there is still hunger, so food distribution
continues.
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A meeting house for the church in Siavonga nears
completion
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Young visitors from UK sing O Happy Day! in
Zwanga.
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Working with OAPs
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Maramba Old Peoples Home

• 32 old people live in this home which relies on
  goodwill from local churches and businesses for
  food and essentials
• Rainbow regularly supplies food and other
  practical help
• The Impact teams have helped with renovation of
  the very basic accommodation each year

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Grannies Project
Currently, Rainbow provides food for 15 grannies
and 1 grandad who are caring for orphaned
grandchildren
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• 4 houses have been constructed or bought for
  those grannies who were homeless
• Several of the grandchildren are sponsored for
  school

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Rural Health mobile clinics

• Health care is provided at 5 different locations
  outside Livingstone each week
• People living close to these villages are visibly
  healthier and needing less treatment
• Others travel long distances to get help,
  especially for children
• The clinical officer and nurse are accompanied on
  each clinic visit by a church worker who will
  take a bible study or do some one to one
  evangelism/discipleship

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Kings Primary
and Rainbow Pre-School
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Who you will help
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IMPACT AFRICA 2nd 21st August

• What youll get.
• In country travel, accommodation food
• Flights to Livingstone, Zambia
• Comprehensive insurance
• Visas

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• What youll do.
• Help and development work
• Construction
• Teaching and helping in school and pre-school
• Painting / maintenance / food distribution
• Other activities
• Visit to game park
• Cruise on Zambezi
• White water rafting on Zambezi

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