Freedom Challenge Africa
“The uncle gave my mom R1000 after he had sex with me,” was nine-year-old Katy’s confession to her teacher. Human Trafficking doesn’t ask which culture, ethnic group or environment you are from. It does not mind where you grew up or what the colour of your skin is. Traffickers are everywhere but are mostly targeting […]
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Kanjanji Orphan Project began in 2012 in the Western Province of Zambia. This area is one of the least reached areas of Southern Africa, with a high population of those affected with HIV/AIDS. This fact left many orphans, low literacy rates, few high school graduates, and very limited job opportunities. Kanjanji is a Christian base, […]
“If it was not for the fact that my auntie took me from my real mother when I was just two years of age, my life wouldn’t have been the way it is today,” says Yande. Yande became a paraplegic at the age of two. Her mother never knew her father because she became pregnant […]
The Chiyeme School is based in Malawi and focuses on providing quality Christian education to orphans and vulnerable children. Many children (85% in some areas) are orphaned. These children are cared for by extended family; but with the extra burden placed on already big families, most orphans do not have the opportunity to attend school […]
Mbweni is a mountain village with the community being mostly Muslim. In March 2014 a missionary teacher moved to the village in order to identify and register children for the school that started in September 2014. There are currently 230 children in the Pre-School through Standard Three classes. 80% of the learners come from Muslim […]
Angola Ministry Centre is an answered prayer for the families in the community, as there are many children that are not able to go to school, due to the high enrollment cost, uniform and monthly fees as well as the distance to most schools. After a very long process of documents and lots of fervent […]
Hope on the Streets is a training team with the vision to mobilize and empower missionary facilitators or church members across Africa. Who, in turn, will then spread the vision to and train African churches. They use a variety of methods to equip them to understand how to work with children and youth who live […]
Jessica, an orphan from Durban, received an opportunity from a “friend” to travel together to Pretoria. Accommodation and a job would be provided. However, upon her arrival in Pretoria, the reality was vastly different. Her traffickers informed her she would have to pay back her debts for the food, accommodation, transport, and drugs. Jessica worked […]
Alice Sakala teaches Pre-Reception at Makwati Community School. One day she was sharing the story of Cain and Abel. A little boy raised his hand, and he said that he did not want to hit his friends anymore because God does not like when we hurt our friends. For this little boy, not hurting your […]
