The Barbara Barnes Foundation

The Barbara Barnes Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was formed to promote sustainability in villages in Zambia through education with our first village being Nsongwe, Zambia.

Nsongwe, Zambia

Nsongwe is a very poor village about 10 miles outside of Livingstone, Zambia. The housing consists of round mud huts with thatch roofing. Most people don’t have a job, as the unemployment rate in Livingstone is 70%, and not many people are educated. The men whittle wooden figures to sell at the marketplace – this is their only industry. Most people don’t have shoes or food.

Mission in Nsongwe

In the Nsongwe village school, we ensure that students have books and school supplies, we pay for a preschool teacher, we bring used shoes for the 9th graders, we hand out toothpaste and tooth brushes, and bags of soap, shampoo, etc. There is a Clinic in Nsongwe that serves nine villages. The government pays for the Nurse and Midwife, but not supplies. Annually, we bring sterile gloves, bandages and Band-Aids, feminine pads for the school girls, blankets and socks for the newborns, antibacterial gel, Desitin, Neosporin, Ibuprofen, antifungal cream, reading glasses, etc. We also provide the Grandmothers and Grandfathers with two bags of necessities to help in their dire situation. The bags contain beans, cooking oil, a candle, matches, toilet paper, salt, sugar, tea, Vaseline, etc.

Barbara Barnes

Barbara Barnes is a self-appointed lead caregiver to the people of Songwe Village in Zambia. Having first visited the village in 1998 , she became compelled to make a difference in this small and poor part of the world. She has visited the village yearly since then and has enlisted contributions from family, friends, interested individuals and organizations which have been applied to the needs of the village. Today there are over 50 giving families and organizations.

What We Need

We are looking to fund 40% of the Nsongwe School Feeding Program, which will provide each child at school with one meal a day. In addition, we are looking to fund one preschool teacher and a math tutor.

Please Donate!

We have so much here in the United States. It is hard to imagine others that don’t. Please help us help others who are so much less fortunate.

• Help provide one meal a day for a school child
• Help provide the means for a child to finish high school

Barbara Barnes Foundation
2272 Meander Way
Northlake, TX 76247

David.Kerstine@TheBarbaraBarnesFoundation.org
Brenda.Kerstine@TheBarbaraBarnesFoundation.org