OUR STORY
Amanda Switzer (L) & Elizabeth Ngalwile (R), co-founders of TKP
Hi, we are Elizabeth and Amanda, the co-founders of The Kukhoma Project!
While working for another non-profit organization in Lusaka, Zambia, God put a specific calling on our hearts:
In the summer of 2017, He burdened our hearts with thousands of girls in the city who were victims of sexual abuse that had subsequently become pregnant.
Despite being so large in number, this group of children was being ignored, with virtually no care facilities or organizations serving them.
Along with this burden came a vision—a vision of a home that was not only safe, but was one of rehabilitation, including counseling, discipleship, skills/trade training, and partnerships with schools for ongoing education.
God’s call was urgent. Thousands upon thousands of girls in our community were (and are) suffering in a culture prevalent throughout Africa—one of abuse and rape that silences women with shame and fear.
We are called to fight for them, to fight for their voice. And that’s what we are doing now.
Kukhoma is a Nyanja word roughly translated meaning to hope for.
God’s providence is in and over all aspects of this life, including The Kukhoma Project’s mission—and in Him we have hope.
Pray that He continues to reveal His will in a way that gives Him the sole glory. Pray that He continues to use this project as a tool to make a way—a way for lives to be given hope and restoration in His name.
Grateful for your support,
ELIZABETH NGALWILE & AMANDA SWITZER, co-founders of The Kukhoma Project