Executive Summary

The Power of Love team is grateful for your continued support and dedication to empower vulnerable women, educate children, and alleviate poverty. Your continued support is building a community of empowered and self-reliant women entrepreneurs.

Rationale for a Microloans program and the Impact of COVID

Executive Summary

Thank you! The Power of Love team and our Zambian families are grateful for your support for our pediatric HIV care program in Zambia. Your continued support and love over the last several years is building a community of healthy, well-informed children, and families self-reliant in taking care of their health.

Is malaria a problem? In 2022, malaria claimed 608,000 lives globally (6% higher than pre-COVID), with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for 94% of malaria cases and deaths. Zambia, one of 20 countries with the highest malaria incidence and mortality, has a high prevalence of malaria co-infection with HIV and TB.

A quick positive update. Zambia has been going through a cholera outbreak since last October. With more than 19,000 cases, 600 deaths, and a case fatality rate of 3.5% this is the worst cholera outbreak since 2017. The government has launched an aggressive campaign deploying oral vaccines to curb the spread of cholera.

We have learned that with access to credit and training, women in resource poor neighborhoods are able to take good care of their families, build assets, and live close to normal lives. All women enrolled in our micro loans program are able to take better care of their families.

Our mission is that children living with HIV grow without any disadvantages, graduate from school and college, and lead normal lives.

Good News! Malaria continues to take more than 600,000 lives every year with 80% of deaths among children under five. However, there is good news on the malaria prevention front.

 “Safe Park” program is open to all children from multiple communities in urban Lusaka and is popular with children and community leaders.