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Lions Club Roeyken Oest, Donates ZMK 8,500,000 ( NOK 10,000) to

Little Assisi
Lions Club

26 year old Esther , a teacher at the centre in class with her pupils

Roeyken Oest, of Norway


has donated ZMK 8,500,000 to Little Assisi. Little Assisi is a Day Care Centre and School for children with special needs.

Sr. Hellen Culley, the centre


Manager, expressed gratitude to Mr. And Mrs. Larsen for choosing the centre as a recipient for the donation which was made possible by the Norwegian based Club. She explained that the money will be used to buy food for the children and also to support the construction of a 2 roomed house for the care taker.

Little Assisi has a daily attendance of about 30 children with special needs and conditions ranging from cerebral palsy, downs syndrome etc.

Sr. Hellen explained that the children are also provided with nutritional supplements such as powdered milk, soya and groundnuts. The centre is situated in Ngombe Inger lise Larsen hands over the food to the teachers. Inger Lise works as a volunteer at the centre twice per week. compound, a community were 70% of inhabitants live below the poverty line.

The centre manager said that in addition to providing special education for children, the centre occasionally has had to support the childrens families with basic requirements such as food and drugs. Speaking during the handover of the donated items, Mr. Jan Erik Larsen said that he and his wife did not hesitate to recommend the centre as a recipient for the donation. He said that the centre was doing a good job Sr, Hellen shows Jan Erik the site earmarked for the construction of the two roomed house for the care taker. for the children and that they needed all the support they could get. Zambia has limited facilities to cater for children with special needs. With support from well-wishers, Little Assisi is able to meet the special education needs of these needy children.

Thank you letter from the School

Little Asissi Information Broshure

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