Hi! My name is Susan Andersen. I am the mother to 5 wonderful children, 4 boys and 1 girl. I am also wife to an amazing man! I have many interests which include classical music, teaching and playing the violin, jogging, homeschooling my daughter, reading, traveling, and supporting my children in anything they are doing!
I appreciate the opportunity to serve as a volunteer for this wonderful cause and feel fortunate that I can do so. I realize the many blessings and opportunities we have living in this country and I am grateful for Zambia's Scholarship Fund, which provides an education opportunity to those less fortunate.
I am a very blessed woman who has been looking for ways to help give to others. I have a great family who supports me in my endeavors. I like to make quilts and scrapbook some. I have three married children and 11 1/2 grandchildren who all live close to me and keep my life busy and happy.
I was excited to read Peggy's book and learn about the situation in Africa and learn of ways to help. Through Zambia's Scholarship Fund, I learned about how inexpensive it is to do so much good. I am excited to share Peggy's passion and dream of changing lives in Zambia.
Thanks Peggy for this opportunity.
Meet Our Staff of Volunteers
The first time I went to Zambia, I went to visit a friend I had met twenty years earlier in Utah. To say I was not prepared for what I saw and experienced would be an understatement. My mind raced with ways I should or could help. When I asked how I could help, Zambian mothers repeatedly asked me to help their children go to school. I am a mother of 5 myself, so I understood their cries.
Aside from Zambia's Scholarship Fund, I love nature, gardening and the outdoors.
My name is Ann Belk. I am married with 5 children ranging from 8 to 20 years of age. I really enjoy working with children and volunteer at a local elementary school. I enjoy gardening, crafts, and music. I am excited to be involved in Zambia's Scholarship Fund and look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to contact me if you would like to share something in our monthly newsletter.
I became involved with Zambia's Scholarship Fund about 4 years ago and it has truly been a blessing in my life. I picked two students to sponsor; a girlat Masala High School and a boy at Mansa Teacher's College. Since then I have supported four more students.
I sponsor Danny Chama (pictured) and grew to know him through his letters an I realized that I had made a difference in the direction his life was taking.
Karen Trenholm and I visited Zambia and it was a life-changing experience. The best part of the trip was the opportunity to meet three of our students and listen to their stories about how their lives have changed since they received a sponsor.
Bonnie Rembacz and Danny Chama, one of the students she sponsors
Karen Trenholm and Elvin Silungwe, one the studenst she sponsors
My name is Karen Trenholm. I have been a voluntter for Zambia's Scholarship Fund for 6 years. My husband is a retured Forest Service engineer and I am a retired Kindergarten teacher. We have four wonderful daughters, four son-in-laws, and nine grandchildren.
Last May, my friend Bonnie Rembacz and I had the privilege of traveling to Zambia. We visited the students, teachers, and schools sponsored by the ZSF. It was a life-changing experience. We were overwhelmed by Zambians positive attitudes and enthusiasm for learning in spite of having next to nothing. It was a humbling experience. I would encourage people to help Zambians lift themselves out of poverty by sponsoring a student, a teacher, or a school. Bonnie and I would love to speak to community gropus, schools, and other organizations about Zambia. We also highly recommend traveling to Zambia as a volunteer of the ZSF.
My name is Sue Budd Francis. I have a deep love for Africa because that is where my roots are . I was born and grew up in what is now known as Gweru Zimbabwe. My mother's family left Holland and Germany and settled in Cape Town, South Africa in the 16th century. I came to the United States and attended Brigham Young University in Utah and married my kind and supportive husband. I am the mother of 5 wonderful children. They along with my wonderful grandchildren, have been blessed with so many opportunities that most in Africa only dream of. I have always loved participating in humanitarian projects, but have sometimes felt they were only a temporary solution. Since reading Peggy's books, I have been excited to participate in a humanitarian effort that uses resources already in place to make a permanent difference in Zambia.
In the documentary, Teach a Man to Fish, Humphrey Kafula tells us how as a young teen he become utterly hopeless. His home life was very bad and he had no chance of success at school. He could see no end to his misery. He went out to a remote area, planning to take his life, hoping he would never be found and bring shame to his mother. While there he had a miraculous experience that made him realize that God cared for him. He turned around and went home and in a very short time ended up being sponsored so that he could go to school. He meet a teacher that changed his life filling him with hope and inspiration. His greatest desire in life then became the goal to become a teacher and share the light he gained from his education. Humphrey worked in the mines to save enough money, but couldn’t make ends meet. Eventually the Fund was able to send Humphrey to college. He was so happy he couldn’t express it.
Now, Humphrey is a teacher assigned to a rural village. Now his dreams of bringing hope and happiness to hundreds of young African students has come true. In time he hopes to work his way up to being a High School teacher.