In response to many children living on the street in Lusaka some years ago, AET established a home for these children called 'Chimwemwe' which means ‘happiness’ in one of the local languages. We take children (in consultation with the local Social Welfare Office) who are double orphans or who would otherwise be living in vulnerable situations (eg a single alcoholic parent, etc).

Currently, up to 15 children (alongside three staff children) are provided with a secure family home, food, clothing, access to medical care and education in a local school. Unlike most orphanages in Zambia, which are largely run by 'housemothers' with limited fathering examples, the Chimwemwe homes are focussed on modelling family life with a housefather and a housemother (and a third live-in help to support the large family).

Currently, the children are aged between 7 and 18. Children stay in the home until they are around 18 years of age, and have finished the next stage of their education. They are then encouraged to gain work-related training such as computer skills in our computer college (see below). And at this stage we will support them to live back in the community, hopefully with their wider family.