Children's Programs: Africa

• In Kenya: Opportunity for
the children of poverty

The Mully Home reaches out to young people who are living on Nairobi’s streets. Forced to work or beg to provide for income for their families, they lose the opportunity for education. Other children on the street must fend for themselves and their siblings, having been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

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• In Liberia: Caring for war orphans

Liberia’s long and brutal civil war killed or displaced millions of people. Among the displaced were traumatized children who lost their parents to the violence. Many of these war orphans were left to fend for themselves. Now that the war has ended, the refugees—including children—have returned home to discover their villages had been destroyed.

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• In Mali: Hope for the hopeless

Our partner in Timbuktu serves one of the world’s poorest regions. They operate an elementary school in Timbuktu that offers a first-ever opportunity for desert nomads (Tuareg and Bella tribes) to send their children to school.

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• In Nigeria: New hope for
a poor community

The school in Akaeze-Ukwu run by our local partner is giving children the tools to succeed. At the school students not only learn to read and write, but discover Christian values for living responsibly. As the children gain knowledge they find confidence, and begin to see how they can transform their community.

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• In South Africa: Investing
in African youth

Zululand is the largest tribal homeland in South Africa, where fifty percent of the population is under 15 years of age. The region’s youth are left behind by the country's political difficulties, and fall prey to violence, and the risk of HIV/AIDS.

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