The Strategic Vision of The Tree of Life Children’s Village is to be a “Haven of Hope and Light”, where comprehensive & significant transformation can take place in the physical, mental, social, and spiritual lives of the Zambian AIDS Orphans and those who care for them.
The Strategic Mission of The Tree of Life Children’s Village is to pro-actively and permanently address the cyclical and multi-faceted problems of depression, poverty, and AIDS that plague the lives of the children of Zambia by strategically focusing on areas such as personal health and nutrition, basic education and skills training, social engagement and enrichment activities, long-term life modeling and parenting environments, micro-economic empowerment programs, and personal and spiritual life development.
This 130 acre piece of prime (42 acres of which is a hilltop plateau) has already been fully bought and paid for with cash donations, and is strategically and centrally located only 15 minutes in either direction from the downtown area of Zambia’s capital city of Lusaka and its International Airport.
The Tree of Life Children’s Village located in Lusaka, Zambia and will compose of:
- 25 Family Life Community Homes for 300 children to live in full-time
- The LifeWay Christian School for 1,000 orphan and vulnerable children to attend school every day
- LifeNet Residential Skills Training & Transition Center to serve 96 orphans ages 17 – 21 living full-time in a “Youth Hostel” style of living
- The River of Life Medical Community Medical Center and Hospital to serve 100 patients per day
- The Camp LIFE Conference & Retreat Center to serve over 25,000 orphan and vulnerable children each year
Infrastructure Campaign
We are praying and working fervently to get the Tree of Life Children’s Village open by the end of May 2009. The biggest remaining obstacle is putting in place all of the infrastructure that is required when building in Zambia. We must be able to sustain the water and power needs of the village independently. If you would like to read more about the specifics of this campaign and the infrastructure needs, please visit our Infrastructure Campaign page here.
“Then He showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”
Revelation 22:1-2