Mother of Mercy Hospice. This organisation is primarily funded by the Archdiocese of Lusaka. Other donations in cash or kind are made by the local community, international donors, individual benefactors and local companies. International and local donors provide funds to purchase school uniforms and materials.

All services including medications are provided free to patients. Drugs are donated or purchased through donations. ARV therapies are sponsored by local and international donors who commit to providing the drugs for the patients life. Basic antibiotics, anti-diarrhoeals and other medications are provided monthly by the Archdiocese.

Quarterly, the hospice receives large shipments of medications from the church in Austria. There is no financial input from the Zambian government. The volunteer caregivers receive monthly food rations and health care; often they too are HIV positive. Zone leaders in each compound travel by hospice bicycle.

Jon Hospice. Initial funds for the establishment of Jon Hospice were provided by a Dutch benefactor, Pola van der Donck. A combination of donors now sustain this organisation. The day care centre for children is funded by Firelight Foundation (USA)¹⁰ and AIDS Alliance.¹¹ The hospice itself receives operating funds from the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund. Local donations include 25kgs of beef to contribute towards food costs.

Ranchhod House. These services are financially managed by Kara Counselling in Lusaka although local and international donations are sourced by Kabwe directly. Funding has come from such diverse quarters as Irish Aid (water system), Abbot Pharmaceuticals (HIV test kits), local farmers and businesses (foodstuffs) and the Zambian NGO - Community Response to HIV and AIDS (extension of the women’s ward).

Our Lady’s Hospice. The main funding for this service comes from the Catholic Church. An initial payment of US $10 000 from Franciscans in the USA paid for the pilot study to determine the appropriate hospice model. Free ARVs from the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) are available through the hospice Board doctors. Funds from the Catholic Church in USA will support the building of a laboratory for HIV testing.

Cicetekelo Hospice ( Ndola Hospice). Funding comes from donors, both local and international. International donors include: the Nuffield Foundation; the Diana Fund; Irish GPs (who raised 27,000 Euros following the recording of a Band-Aid type Song in my Heart CD)¹² and the Irish Government’s Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs. A report of the Joint Committee’s delegation to Zambia in 2003 notes:

Cicetekelo Hospice, which is run by Sr Eileen Keane of the Holy Rosary Sisters, is a centre that provides palliative care for those chronically ill HIV/AIDS patients who are not able to care for themselves or have no one to do so.  The centre currently caters for 25 patients at any given time with at least one patient dying a day.  However because of the growing demand the Hospice recently requested 25,000 Euro to assist them construct a compound, St Theresa’s Village, which would cater for many more patients.¹³