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Emelia Mulenga very sadly died on the 29th May 2023. She was just 25.  She was born and spent her early years on the Copperbelt.  At the age of nine, her mother sent her to Lusaka with her younger siblings to live with their aunt. Unfortunately, their aunt went away on business for 6 months […]

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Following the passing of Emelia Mulenga (see Obituary), Cynthia Nyendwa was appointed to run the scheme, starting work in July 2023.  She has a teaching diploma. The programme now looks after 900 children.  It was one of the first such programmes to be established in Zambia in the early 1990s.  It was set up in […]

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St Francis’ Hospital is the biggest mission hospital in Zambia with a bed capacity of 450. The Hospital was founded in 1948 by Revd Dr Francis Trefusis as an Anglican Hospital. The Hospital’s vision has been to serve the population in Katete, particularly the underserved and the vulnerable by providing free but quality health services. […]

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In 2023, St Francis’ Hospital was 75 years old, the same age as the NHS in UK!  A celebration was held on 6th May 2023. The event was preceded by a Thanksgiving service which was celebrated by Bishops William Mchombo and George Lungu. The homily was given by Canon Father Rogers Banda, the General Secretary […]

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After two and half year of fund raising by the Friends of St Francis Katete, for equipment acquisition and installation, the hospital now has a fully functioning Oxygen Plant that during the day is fully powered by Solar.  It was so impressive to visit the hospital in November/December 2021 and to see that all the […]

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