Donations for Zambia
There are many different ways that you can support this ministry. Listed below is a list of ministries and how you can contribute to them.
To make a contribution ONLINE, just click on the "Donate Now" button below each ministry area in order to donate to that specific ministry.
To make a contribution by CHECK, just make your check payable to “Zambia Missions” and mail it to: Zambia Missions, 1910 Sycamore View Rd., Bartlett, TN 38134. If you would like to donate to a specific ministry, then please specifiy (memo line) to which ministry area you would like to contribute (all unspecified funds will be deposited into the general operations fund and used where most needed).
Zambia Missions -- General Fund
Financial support given to "Zambia Missions" provides the basic monthly support necessary to fund the various ministries and programs at Daybreak Mission (Zambia). Contributions may be made on a monthly basis or as a one-time contribution. Contributions can be made by check or online (by clicking on the Donate button below). You can specify any specific area of ministry to which you would like to contribute to (cf. instructions above). Any contributions that are not "earmarked" for a specific purpose will be used for the overall mission effort (used where most needed).
Bible College
Student training involves a three-year program that incorporates both classrom and practical hands-on training in holistic ministry (both spiritual and humanitarian ministry). Students must be married and bring their wives with them for all three years as both students and their wives are trained in a variety of subjects: Bible, disciple-making, agriculture, children's ministry (orphan-care), Community Schools (trained to be Community School teachers), preventive health-care, basic medicine, and marriage/family ministry. You can click contribute to the Bible College or any of these specific areas of training by sending a check to the above mentioned address or online (by clicking on the following Donate button).
Kerin's Kids (Children's Ministry)
There are several different ministries that are dedicated to saving infants and orphans (who are the most vulnerable in Zambia). Click Here for further information. If you would like to contribute to helping vulnerable children and orphans, then click on the "Donate" button below or send you donation to the above address (note on the memo line to what you would like to donate):
- Baby Formula -- for children whose mothers have died or for nursing mothers with HIV ($55 per month for one or two years).
- Medical Assistance -- cost of providing medical care to sick children and children in need of surgery (any amount).
- Assistance To Infant Mothers -- provide additional assistance to the mothers of some infants when there it is needed to keep the mother alive or to help the mother properly care for the child. Much of this assistance goes to teenage mothers (e.g., rape victims).
- Special Needs Children -- assistance to children with disabilities.
Primary School (Education Ministry).
Daybreak Mission operates a Christian School for Grades K-7 (Aurora Christian Academy). Not only does this school provide a quality Christian education for poor and vulnerable children in the community (as well as for our staff and student's children), but it also provides a practical teacher training for our students and their wives so that they can start Community Schools in the villages upon their return home after graduation. There are several specific areas of need to which you can donate either by check (above address) or online (click on following Donate button):
- Student School Fees ($20 per month) -- Pays the cost of one student to attend the Primary School (for students whose families cannot pay for them to attend).
- School Supplies for 25 Students ($50 per month) -- Pays for pencils, paper, books, and all other school supplies.
- Meal Program for 25 students ($75 per month) -- Many of the school children are severly malnurished. This provides them with one good nutritional meal per day.
- One Teachers Salary ($130 per month) -- This pays the salary of the Teachers (which is not covered by the school fees).
- School Uniforms ($12 per student) -- Although this is a British/Zambian custom, it does insure that the children have, at least, one good set of clothes to wear to school.
Optical Ministry
Daybreak owns an Auto-Refractor Kit that allows us to give eye exams to village people and give them donated prescription eye-glasses. This is a very inexpensive ministry, but it is one of the most life-changing ministries that we operate. Most people in Zambia have never had an eye exam nor acquired a pair of eye-glasses. Thus, many people go their whole life-time without being able to clearly see the external world around them. You can donate by check or online (Donate button below) to buy and ship prescription eyeglasses to Zambia.
We are unable to accept/receive eyeglasses directly due to the cost of shipping and "reading" the prescriptions. If you have eyeglasses that you would like to donate, then read below for instructions.
How To Donate Eyeglasses
We are not able to receive or collect eyeglasses directly as we do not have the ability to "read" the prescriptions. It is also quite expensive to mail eyeglasses to Zambia. Consequently, we have now found it best to get our eyeglasses from Kendall Optometry which is a non-profit ministry that reads eyeglasses, cleans them bags them, tags them with a barcode and enters the barcode into a computer which essential for storing and finding eyeglasses.
If you have some eyeglasses that you would like to donate, you can do so by mailing them to: Kendall Optometry Ministry, Inc., 420 Nottinghamshire Dr., Jeffersontown, KY 40299. It is requested that you wash the glasses in your dishwasher before mailing them and that you mail them without the cases.
Kendall will read the prescriptions, package them with barcodes, and ship them to our address in the USA. The cost of this service is $.30 per glasses. If you would like to cover the cost of this service (and have them mailed to us), then you can mail a check payable to "Zambia Missions" (mailed to Zambia Missions, 1910 Sycamore View Rd, Bartlett, TN 38134) or you can donate online (click on the orange button). Kendall will, then, invoice Zambia Missions for these processing costs.