Two teenage CWB travelers make friends with Zambian StudentsThe mission of CWB is to educate AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children, primarily in Africa, in order to nourish hope for a better future for them, society and the world. Our approach fosters building ongoing community to community relationships at the grassroots level in order to increase the quality educational opportunities for these children.
We have added a new section to our site called Our Stories. Our first story is about Meckly Chomba, and there will be more to come.
The newsletter archive and annual reports are now online on the News page.
New content online for M'tendere and Union Church
New content is online for First Parish Lexington
Follow along with the CWB travelers on their blog
New content has been added for Fumbelo, FUSN, and Wellesley Village Congregational Church
The yearly cholera outbreak in Chawama has subsided. Again the rains caused severe flooding. Potable water was hard to come by. Again, schools were turned into emergency rooms where children could receive urgent hydration. Again, people had to add chlorine to water to protect themselves. But, thank heaven, none of our children died and none had severe disease with residual illness.
CWB's Executive Director Sharon Sisskind was interviewed by Newton News. You can currently find the video on the right under Featured Video, or you can go directly to YouTube to see the video at its full resolution.
We have received a report of an outbreak of cholera in Lusaka due to recent flooding. Please stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.