Macha Mission Cemetery
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Macha Mission Cemetery

Southern, Zambia

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    Southern Zambia
    Coordinates: -16.42493, 26.78186
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Macha Mission began as a Christian mission station in 1906. Hannah Frances Davidson, an American missionary from the Brethren in Christ church, travelled there from Matopo Mission in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe). She was accompanied by two African helpers and Adda Engle, another missionary. Davidson and her companions subsequently embarked on the task of converting local Tonga and Ila peoples to Christianity. They established a school, a church, and eventually a clinic.

The mission became the anchor for later Brethren in Christ mission work in Southern Zambia with missionaries expanding to Sikalongo and to Choma. The mission continues to function currently. It has grown considerably and now includes a hospital, a nursing school, two secondary schools and two primary schools.

First burial was Grace (Miller) Mann who died of malaria at the Mission in 1924. Current memorials include the following:

FRONT ROW left to right:
Rev. Lazarus Muleya died 13-08-99, Verna Mae Myers (1924-1925), Jonah Moyo (1928-1975), Yotham Sikwangala (1954-2002)

Marie Traver, a 22-year old volunteer nurse died at Macha mission hospital in 1975. She is interred in Ontario, Canada

SECOND ROW left to right:
Dora Mushala (1959-1981), Addie Muleya (1927-1963), Grace A. Mann (1900-1924), Simon Mizinga (1885-1975), Sampson Mudenda (1917-1984), Colin Anthony Kipe January 18, 1989, Andrew Moono Milandu (1923-2001)

Other BIC Mission Cemeteries include:
Matopo Mission Cemetery
Wanezi Mission Cemetery
Sikalongo Mission Cemetery
Saharsa Mission Cemetery

BIC missionaries are also buried at
Raghunathpur Mission Cemetery




















Macha Mission began as a Christian mission station in 1906. Hannah Frances Davidson, an American missionary from the Brethren in Christ church, travelled there from Matopo Mission in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe). She was accompanied by two African helpers and Adda Engle, another missionary. Davidson and her companions subsequently embarked on the task of converting local Tonga and Ila peoples to Christianity. They established a school, a church, and eventually a clinic.

The mission became the anchor for later Brethren in Christ mission work in Southern Zambia with missionaries expanding to Sikalongo and to Choma. The mission continues to function currently. It has grown considerably and now includes a hospital, a nursing school, two secondary schools and two primary schools.

First burial was Grace (Miller) Mann who died of malaria at the Mission in 1924. Current memorials include the following:

FRONT ROW left to right:
Rev. Lazarus Muleya died 13-08-99, Verna Mae Myers (1924-1925), Jonah Moyo (1928-1975), Yotham Sikwangala (1954-2002)

Marie Traver, a 22-year old volunteer nurse died at Macha mission hospital in 1975. She is interred in Ontario, Canada

SECOND ROW left to right:
Dora Mushala (1959-1981), Addie Muleya (1927-1963), Grace A. Mann (1900-1924), Simon Mizinga (1885-1975), Sampson Mudenda (1917-1984), Colin Anthony Kipe January 18, 1989, Andrew Moono Milandu (1923-2001)

Other BIC Mission Cemeteries include:
Matopo Mission Cemetery
Wanezi Mission Cemetery
Sikalongo Mission Cemetery
Saharsa Mission Cemetery

BIC missionaries are also buried at
Raghunathpur Mission Cemetery




















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