Improving school access and quality of education. Children are empowered with the requisite lifelong knowledge and skills that enhances their access to opportunities and income which invariably reduces poverty.
Zambia has over 1.2 million orphaned children!, one of the highest rates in the world. Without support, children drop out of school, girls marry young due to poverty, and the cycle of poverty continues across generations.
PLAEP sponsors education, provides daily meals, and offers mentoring that helps students complete their schooling.
Each year, PLAEP provides more than 1,000 orphans and vulnerable children with access to quality education both within and outside Musonda School, with PLAEP providing sponsorship for children from the preschool level all the way through college.
PLAEP provides more than 800 nutritious meals every school day, which plays a key role in encouraging children to attend and remain in school, while also supporting their difficult journey out of poverty and poor health.
The PLAEP Girls Sanctuary provides a safe, nurturing home for vulnerable girls, offering daily spiritual mentorship and a dignified living environment that equips each girl to flourish academically and grow into a confident, self-reliant young woman.
Our dedicated school counselors offers individual counseling to help students resolve personal or interpersonal problems. Small group counseling is also offered to help students enhance listening and social skills, learn to empathize with others, Cope with school or community-related violence, and trauma and find social support through healthy peer relationships.
PLAEP partners with Camp Sonshine to offer children a vibrant, faith-filled week of camp that blends fun, friendship, and purposeful growth. Through small group activities, team challenges, devotionals, crafts, and energetic games, each camper is actively mentored by well-trained counselors committed to making every child feel known and loved. Camp Sonshine creates a safe, imaginative space where children build meaningful relationships, develop confidence, and encounter the gospel in an environment designed to unlock their God-given potential.
Through intentional gospel outreach, PLAEP brings the message of salvation to over 800 students annually via evangelism, Christian meetings, and devotional activities that nurture faith and spiritual identity. Discipleship classes further ground students in Christian values and mentorship, while dedicated life skills training equips them with the resilience, assertiveness, and decision-making tools needed to navigate life’s challenges, resist risky behaviours, and develop a strong sense of purpose and self-worth.