Changing lives and
empowering communities.
Mission
The Lay Association of Christian Missionaries, Inc. is founded upon the belief that all people of faith have the responsibility to share their gifts with those in need throughout the world.
Toward this end, the organization will cooperate with faith-based communities and charitable organizations to provide prayerful, humanitarian, and financial assistance to the poor and underprivileged throughout the world.
Partners we’ve supported over the years
Chilanga AIDS Hospice/Hospital
Chilanga AIDS Hospice/Hospital is a program run by the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo. The sisters make home visits to the villages and provide care for AIDS victims in their homes. The hospital serves as a clinic and an acute care facility for AIDS patients. As you might imagine, available resources are no match for the extent of their needs. In 2003 LACM began funding medications for an HIV positive, eight year old girl named Lister. The Sisters report that Lister is doing well and is able to attend school. We hope she is the first of many that we can help.
Lubasi Home
Lubasi Home is an orphanage that provides a home and schooling for children ages 6-12 years. Lubasi is a Lozi word, which means family. Most of these children are double orphans, meaning that both parents have died of AIDS. This facility provides the love and care that children would normally receive from families at home. In 2004 when LACM first started assistance, Lubasi Home housed 20 children and wanted to increase their services, as the need in the community is great. LACM providing funding to feed and educate some of the children. These creative young children were given the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty through education and loving care. Because of the success at Lubasi Home, local funding has been established to continue the fine work at Lubasi. LACM was able to turn resources to new, developing projects.
Brother Luke School
During a 2008 mission trip to Zambia, Judy Flichtbeil, a PhD student at Clemson University, learned of a community school outside of Lusaka, Zambia, named Brother Luke Community School. This school was started by John Seenge who identified the need for children age 10-17 to continue to attend school. The government does not use its funds to establish very many schools. They rely heavily on NGOs. (Non-government organizations) to help educate many of their children.
Initially there was no building, no books, no boards, no teacher and the list goes on. John Seenge was able to get teachers to volunteer their time, donors to donate books, and a temporary location for the school. Like many schools in Zambia, Brother Luke Community School does not own their buildings or land. It is often borrowed or leased to them. If the owner decides to change the use of the facility, he is able to just tell them to leave with very short notice.
The building that would become the “permanent home” for the school was in desperate need of a new roof, operational bathrooms, doors, and windows. Through the generous donations we received, LACM sent $2,500.00 towards this effort to establish Brother Luke Community School. This of course, did not take care of all of the needed repairs, but it did allow the school to become operational. Also, when this was done, many local donors then saw that the school was worth investing in and helped finish many of the repairs.
The job would have been too large for any one group to handle, but many hands helped get the job done.
LACM also provided an additional $645.00 to help with the costs needed to certify the school for operation with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The great news is our efforts paid off and the school is open and certified! .
Contact
To partner with us or to learn more, please complete the form to the right or contact us directly using the information below. We look forward to hearing from you!
Email
info@lacmissions.org