Sierra Leone's New Horizon

During 2003, Horizons Foundation fed 1600 refugees per month, as the country returned to normal after the civil war, this was reduced to 800 per month and in early November 2003, we were requested to divert these funds into setting up Orphan Trusts in two adjacent countries, especially Zambia.

Over one-half of Zambian households are currently caring for AIDS victims, over 600,000 of them.

Our new goal is to collect another $5000 to sponsor an Orphan Trust in cooperation with World Hope International to purchase animals and seed for the surviving adults of a village to care for all the children of the village. Most of the parents have died from AIDS and the Orphan Trust concept offers opportunity, dignity and hope.

Our partners, World Hope International, have and will come alongside caregivers of both orphans and sick family members by assisting them through three primary means: 1) livelihood projects that form sustainable income generation, food security, and water availability; 2) community HIV/AIDS prevention initiatives that focus on education, discipleship, advocacy, and counseling; and 3) home-based health care and counseling for the support of people living with AIDS as well as those who care for them.

In October 2004, at an Eagle Summit meeting in Santa Barbara, California, the attendees collectively raised more than enough funds to sponsor one Orphan Trust in Zambia. Future status reports and potential contacts will be made from those receiving sponsorship to future Eagle Summits.