Michael Chalo lives at the Tree of Life Children’s Village. Here is a quote from his letter to his sponsor about the Christmas party held a few months back:

Indeed here at the Tree of Life, life really is life. We thank God for his hand of provision. We had a great time on Christmas. We had drinks, balloons, fireworks, church, cake. It was nice and the best Christmas of my life.

We wanted to thank you again for your help in bringing power to the Tree of Life.  We have already started digging the trenches that will hold the power cables.  Our construction crew is working hard in order to get this completed and open more houses this summer.  While the pictures themselves are less exciting, we keep picturing the 50 smiling kids who will be rescued this summer.

We have officially reached the goal of raising $380,000 to power up the Village.  The contractor has been notified and he expects to begin working on it next week.  This is huge for the future of the Tree of Life because it means every new building will have no problem getting electricity or water.  So when kids move in this summer, there will be running water.  When the school opens, the lights will be on for reading. And when we have Camp LIFE on the hilltop, there will be music playing.

We still have infrastructure needs that we will face as the Village continues to grow such as internal roads.  If you did not get a chance to donate to bring power to the Village, then you can still help us out with other infrastructure needs.  Learn more about the infrastructure campaign»

Thanks so much to everyone who donated to make this happen.  If you are coming to Camp LIFE this summer then you will get to see firsthand the results of your giving.  Please continue to pray and give what you can to make a better future for the children of Zambia.