Favor Mwaba
From One Group to 60+ — Favor’s Story in Zambia
Favor Mwaba lives in Lusaka, Zambia with her husband and family. She has been part of MomCo since 2017 and now serves as the Global Country Coordinator for Zambia, leading a team of seven Cohort Leaders.
What began as one small group has grown to more than 60 groups across the country in just eight years. In 2025, Favor was also honored as a MomCo Pitch Night Winner — helping bring critical support to moms in her community.
How It All Began
Years ago, Favor found a copy of the Mom’s Devotional Bible by Elisa Morgan in a used bookstore in Zambia. She was amazed to discover there was an organization created just for moms.
“I had a challenging past,” Favor shares, “and I wanted to help moms going through similar struggles.”
Starting wasn’t easy. There was so much to learn. When she heard about a volunteer training for new leaders in Kenya, she bought a plane ticket and went. She returned home equipped, inspired and ready to launch her first MomCo group in Lusaka.
At first, she had to explain why gathering in community mattered. But slowly, moms began to come. And lives began to change.
Within a year, Favor attended MOMCON, where she met Elisa Morgan and had her Bible signed — the very book that first sparked her vision for MomCo in Zambia.
Growing Leaders, Growing Community
Today, Favor serves on the Global Volunteer Team as Zambia’s Country Coordinator. Through leadership training and support from MomCo’s global staff, she has continued to grow — and she pours that growth into other leaders.
She works closely with leaders across Zambia, helping them stay focused on MomCo’s mission and vision so they can reach and love more moms together.
“Seeing how we have grown over the years has encouraged me that God is at work here in Zambia.”
From one group to more than 60, the growth has been steady, prayerful and deeply rooted in community.
Strengthened as a Leader
Favor has attended MOMCON six times, helped host an Africa Leadership Summit, and traveled to other African nations to help launch MomCo groups.
Those experiences have shaped her not just as a leader — but as a person.
“My character has changed,” she shares. “I used to have a high temper, but now I handle things differently. I’m more patient.”
Connecting with leaders and moms from around the world who share the same heart — to equip moms and share Jesus — has reminded her she is not alone. She is part of something global.
Serving Moms at Chipata Maternity Ward
Since 2017, MomCo groups in Zambia have partnered with Chipata Maternity Ward, a facility serving more than 10,000 births each year with only 24 beds.
Many women in Zambia cannot afford private hospitals. To avoid the risks of home birth, they walk miles — often in active labor — to reach maternity wards. Conditions can be crowded and under-resourced. Sometimes women share beds. In complicated deliveries, there isn’t always enough medical equipment available.
Favor used to pass this facility every day on her way to work. She saw women standing outside in the sun, carrying their own supplies, waiting to give birth. Her heart was moved.
For years, MomCo groups volunteered at the ward — donating what they could and visiting to encourage moms.
In 2025, after winning a Pitch Night Grant, Favor and her team were able to provide lifesaving medical equipment and care packages to the facility.
“I’m so grateful,” she says. “So many women will now experience a safer, more comfortable birth because of this ministry.”
Through this outreach, they also hope to open new MomCo groups — sharing the love of Jesus with even more moms.
A Dream for Zambia — and Beyond
Favor has seen firsthand how stronger moms change families, communities and nations.
“I have truly witnessed through MomCo that better moms make a better world.”
Her dream is to see MomCo groups across all of Zambia — and continued growth throughout Africa.
“To me, it’s all about sharing the love of Jesus to moms who in turn share it with their children — and for generations to come.”