life project

The LIFE Project combats poverty, hunger, disease, ignorance and HIV/AIDS head-on...

by providing sustainable solutions at a village level.

The LIFE Project is an indigenously led, sustainable system of care empowering rural villages to thrive within their culture while addressing the needs of Education, Health, and care for the Vulnerable.

Villages

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Siamasimbi Village

Siamasimbi is part of the Mukuni Sector. The village of Siamasimbi has been evangelized by many Overland Missions expedition teams in the last 6 years.


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Chilizya Village

Chilizya is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Machenge Village

Machenje is a village that has been with the LIFE Project since the beginning.  The community is supportive and grateful to have any and all of the Overland Missions initiatives in their village.  They also host the most successful
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Ngandu Village

Ngandu village is one of the “oldest” villages in our program.  We have been working with them since the beginning of the LIFE Project several years ago.  Because of this, we have several children who have already progressed to grades one and two.


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Sichilobe Village

An Overland Missions team was evangelizing in the village of Sichilobe at the beginning of 2008. This village is in an isolated part of the Mukuni Chiefdom. Here the people walk 2 km one way to a river to get their water supply; this shows the life skill of endurance and perseverance.


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Jafuta Village

Jafuta’s headman regularly expresses his appreciation for the school and oversees the children’s education as if they were his own.


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Mandandi Village

The Mandandi Preschool has conquered many hurdles when it comes to the establishment of preschool education in their village.  Most of their resiliency has been built thanks to the faithful teacher they have in Mischek Mubita. 


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Chunga Village

Chunga is approximately 40 km from the Rapid 14 base.  On my first visit to the LIFE Pre-school I discovered that the dirt road was only 20 km and the rest was a bicycle path needed to be carefully navigated so as not to puncture a tire or get a tree branch in the face.


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Chibalani Village

Chibalani village is special because it represents the most central area of all of the preschools in the Mukuni Chiefdom.


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Siazibola Village

Siazibola is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Sianyemba Village

Sianyemba is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village


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Ndele Village

Ndele is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village


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Chibule Village

Chibule is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Zwanga Village

Zwanga is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Nkozya Village

Nkozya is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Siafwebafweba Village

Siafwebafweba is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village.


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Chibala Village

Chibala Village is part of the Mukuni Sector


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Kafekwa Village

Kafekwa is part of the Mukuni Sector. Our teams are working in concert with the Rural Pastors Network and SAM Project to bring relief to this remote village


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