HISTORY
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HMP
was
founded by the Late Abeauty Chibuye in 1995 with fourteen
church
members from Mkushi Christian Church (MCC). HMP is affiliated with
Mkushi Christian Community Church, which is located in Mkushi at
Chengelo Secondary School. The current director of HMP is Mr. Staivous
Mulumba.
In 2002 HMP came to realize that fighting poverty and eliminating
illiteracy can only be achieved by targeting the orphans in the
community. Therefore, the same year HMP opened a pre-school which was
offering education to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the
community.
In 2003 HMP upgraded the school from pre-school to grade five
(5). The pre-school opened with 20 orphans who were borders with 60
non-borders.
In 2004 the number of boarding orphans increased to thirty and non
boarding orphans increased to 100. In the same year HMP became in
contact with an Australian Volunteer teacher who was very impressed
with the work HMP was conducting in the community.
In 2005 HMP introduced a census program in the Chibobo community. A
census of all households within a 7km radius of HMP was taken. The
results showed there were 500 orphans in the community. In same year
the construction of a dormitory and a dining hall commenced with an
Australian embassy fund. This development was aided by Kevin Gilbert, a
volunteer teacher at Serenje High School and was in partnership with
HMP.
The construction of the dormitory and dining hall was completed in late
2006. Due to a change in director of HMP, the dormitory was
not opened until September of 2007. Currently HMP Orphanage is funded
by Overnewton Anglican Community College and St Mary’s
Anglican Church from Australia. They sponsor the HMP orphanage, which
currently supports 60 children. HMP's goal is to eventually increase
this to 100.
For the most current and updated information please email the director,
Mr Staivous Mulumba, at staivousmulumba@hmp.org.
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