ABOUT US

Mthunzi Centre started in the year 2000 and registered in Zambia as an NGO (ORS/102/35/2646), tpin: 1002333521.

Mthunzi Centre is home for about 40 vulnerable children and youths, most of them rescued from the streets of Lusaka, and situated in Tubalange area, Lusaka West, in a vast farm partly cultivated and partly still covered with indigenous trees, creating a serene family atmosphere.

In Mthunzi the children are given guidance from loving and professionally trained adults, and provided with meals, counseling, medical care while they attend the local government primary school, so that they are connected with the local children and youth, minimizing the institutional atmosphere

Those who have completed the primary cycle attend the nearby St. Columba’s Secondary School,  a mixed secondary school, managed by the Teresian Sisters. The Mthunzi staff is composed of a team leader, a bursar, four social workers and two librarians. They to assist the children to rebuild positive relationships with their families of origin and have access to recreational, sports and cultural activities to develop their individual inclinations and talents.

The staff also supervises and supports the children who have been reintegrated and those who attend tertiary level education.

Since its inception Mthunzi Centre has journeyed with more than 350 youth helping them to grow as good independent citizen.

What is rather unique in Mthunzi is that actually most of the staff members are former street children who grew up at Mthunzi and, after having achieved the needed education and qualification, up to degree level. They therefore have a personal, inside understanding of the challenges in the life of the children under their care.

Koinonia Community owns 100 Acres piece of land and on this land their different institutions. The most important is Mthunzi Centre and next is the House for accommodating Volunteers. Third, the Shalom Hostels, hosting about 100 students who attend the near by secondary school. Their is also Laudato Si a school of Agriculture with about 20 students. All this institutions are managed by Koinonia Community.

Mthunzi is an initiative of Koinonia Community, a Trust registered in Zambia, and founded by Fr. Renato Kizito Sesana, a Comboni Missionary. Koinonia Community has sister communities in Kenya and Sudan, where they manage different homes and projects, always focusing on vulnerable children and youth.