Annual General Meeting Saturday 19th November. Reminder and Zoom Link.
This year’s Annual General Meeting is to be held on Saturday 19th November 2022 at 12.30 UK / 14.30 Zambia time at St John’s Church, Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY.
The upgrading of technical facilities at St John’s has now been completed so you are warmly invited to attend either in person or on Zoom.
Attendance in person: Please confirm your attendance, and whether you require lunch, to Jenny Healy at jenniferhealyuk@aol.com
Attendance on Zoom: Please contact John Barnard for the Zoom link at john.barnard@zambiasocietytrust.org.uk
12.30 Business Meeting - to receive reports from the chairman and treasurer and to elect officers, committee members and independent examiner.
13.00 Buffet Lunch - £10 payable on the day (please email Jenny to confirm)
14.15 - 16.00 Overview of the projects, with particular emphasis on the following:
St Lawrence Home of Hope rescues children from the streets of Lusaka. They offer a home, counselling and education to any child that wants to stop living on the street. At the same time, they try to reintegrate the child with their family wherever this is possible. Jaček Rakowski, Director of the Home of Hope, has been with the project from the early days and he will describe the work. He is a recognised authority on the problems of street children and recently addressed the National Assembly of Zambia on the topic. Jacek will be speaking live from Lusaka.
Pilgrim - Salt in the Community. Jastin and Grace Sholoma were saddened by the desperate needs and severe malnutrition of remote rural villagers in Serenje District. They created a “resource village” to provide a school, a health clinic, a church, a farm, residential huts, and skills training, including improved agricultural methods and crop diversity. The local villagers are actively involved. Much has been achieved over the past ten years, and it stands as an innovative model for community development that could be replicated more widely.