HMP was founded in 1993, by the late Abeauty Chibuye, a Christian dedicated to the idea of building an institution that would restore the dignity of marginalized rural Africans by helping them attain food security and control of their own health and lives.
Founder Abeauty Chibuye was born in 1965 in Serenje District in Central Province of Zambia and attended school there until grade nine when he was forced to quit due to financial constraints resulting from the death of his mother. He then began working at Kangzos Farm and Nkolonga Limited as a storekeeper. During this time he suffered from loneliness and was deeply affected by the loss of his mother. He turned to Christ, discovering that life without Jesus Christ was useless. It was at this time that he became a Christian, receiving Baptism of the Holy Spirit in 1988 and began serving others as a church and community leader. Abeauty, together with his colleagues John Ngalube, Felix Bwalya, Allan Rodgers and the late Joseph Chikote, founded HMP in October of 1993.
