The Zambia Medical Mission is an annual medical outreach conducted in the remote villages of southern Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

. The outreach is affiliated with the Churches of Christ and is locally operated from the Namwianga Mission

Namwianga Mission

The Namwianga Mission was established in 1920 in Kalomo, Zambia under the Churches of Christ with the purpose of teaching the Bible and promoting Christianity....

 just outside of Kalomo

Kalomo

Kalomo is a town in southern Zambia, lying north east of Livingstone, on the main road and railway line to Lusaka. It is home to the Batonga people. It was the first administrative centre of Northern Rhodesia, serving until the capital city was established at Livingstone in 1911...

, Zambia. The Zambia Medical Mission is a non-profit organization based in Abilene, Texas

Abilene, Texas

Abilene is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County...

. It is one of the largest recurring medical missions in the world.

Each July the medical mission team consisting of approximately 200 American and Zambian volunteers traverse rural Zambia providing medical care, food relief, AIDS education, and spiritual counseling to the Zambian people. In 2010, approximately 19,500 people received care.