Friends of St. Mary's and St. Margaret's Parishes

Our Aim

To support the parishes of St Mary’s and St Margaret’s in their work to provide free preschool and elementary school education and a daily nutritious meal to the orphans and vulnerable children in the community of Nakonde, Zambia.

Trust, enthusiasm and determination are key to achieving any goal, we possess all three.

Where We Are

The Children’s Care Centre (CCC) and preschool for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) is located at St Mary’s Mother of God parish in Nakonde, Muchinga province, Zambia. The new Catholic Primary school is at the parish of St Margaret’s which is approximately 4 kms from St Mary’s parish. The two parishes are part of the Diocese of Mpika which has a total area of 86,135km², bigger than the size of Ireland. Nakonde is 1,016 kms north of the capital Lusaka, on the border with Tanzania.