Mbereshi

Mbereshi, also spelled and pronounced Mbeleshi, is a village in the Luapula Province of Zambia, named after the Mbereshi River on its north side. It is the site of a large mission founded in 1900 by the London Missionary Society. In 1915 the mission established Mbereshi Girls' School, the first girls' school in the territory, as well as a boys' school and a large hospital; the girls' school and hospital are now grant-aided institutions run by the United Church of Zambia. The village has a number of mission buildings, including a large church that is now part of the United Church of Zambia. It lies on the main tarred highway of the Luapula valley from Mansa to Nchelenge, 10 kilometres north-east of Mwata Kazembe's town of Mwansabombwe.