{"id":1440,"date":"2013-03-29T20:40:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2013-03-29T20:40:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T18:40:36","slug":"new-website-of-st-lawrence-home-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/29\/new-website-of-st-lawrence-home-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><b><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1441 aligncenter\" alt=\"St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/st-lawrence-home-of-hope.png?resize=629%2C288\" width=\"629\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/st-lawrence-home-of-hope.png?w=980&amp;ssl=1 980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/st-lawrence-home-of-hope.png?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/st-lawrence-home-of-hope.png?resize=768%2C353&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/st-lawrence-home-of-hope.png?resize=900%2C413&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a>New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope<\/b><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">St. Lawrence Home of Hope is a centre for the homeless children and youth where we receive and give shelter to the homeless that are found on the streets of Lusaka.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">It has a dual purpose:<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">1. A rehabilitation centre where we offer a new home and a new start for the children.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">2. It is a \u201chalf-way home\u201d where we intend to re-integrate the children back in their families, back to their real\u201d homes and main stream society.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">The centre was founded in 1998 by the Catholic Women\u2019s League of Lusaka at the request of the then Archbishop of Lusaka. R.R. <a title=\"Medardo Mazombwe\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/03\/medado-mazombwe-zambia-reports.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medardo Mazombwe<\/a>. The project was put in their hands in order to respond to the growing numbers of \u201cstreet children\u201d in Lusaka. They are in charge of advocacy, sourcing funds, developing infrastructure and taking care of the running costs.\u00a0 From its inception the Catholic Parish of Good Shepherd was involved in its establishment, development and running of it as it was within the boundaries of the parish. The first basic structures were built within the property of <a title=\"St. Lawrence Parish opening celebration\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/10\/new-st-lawrence-parish-opening-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Lawrence Community Centre<\/a> which was part of the Good Shepherd Parish which, in turn, is in the hands of The Missionaries of Africa.<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">Our goal is to rescue children from the vicious circle of homelessness (street-drugs-abuse-crime), rehabilitate them and their families and to re-integrate them back into their home environment (when and if possible).<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Website includes:<\/address>\n<address><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/why.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why?<\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/how-do-we-do-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How do we do it?<\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/programmes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Programmes<\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/childrens-stories.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Children\u2019s Stories<\/a><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a title=\"New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stlawrencehomeofhope.org\/galeries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galeries<\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Website of St. Lawrence Home of Hope St. Lawrence Home of Hope is a centre for the homeless children and youth where we receive and give shelter to the homeless that are found on the streets of Lusaka. 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