Zambia

Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Area: comparative: slightly larger than Texas
Geography: landlocked; the Zambezi River forms a natural boundary with Zimbabwe
Capital: Lusaka (Population: 1.413 million)
Total Population: 13,881,336
Average Life Expectancy: 52.36 years
Health: 13.5% of the population has HIV/AIDS (980,000 people)
Religions: Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%
Languages: Bemba (official) 30.1%, Nyanja (official) 10.7%, Tonga (official) 10.6%, English (official) 1.7%, eight other regional languages

*Statistics courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

National Bible Publishing Month goal - To purchase the paper to print and ship 20,000 Whole Bibles and 75,000 New Testaments to Zambia.

The Open Door potential - Bearing Precious Seed is working with Missionary Bobby Bonner, who has trained nationals and planted churches in Zambia, Angola, Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, and Botswana. The goal is to get containers of Scriptures into all these countries, since there is already a strong missionary presence on the ground to direct the effort.