relief
Family Support
Strengthening households so children can stay with the people who love them.
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Where we serve
Southern Africa
Households carrying the weight of care for others
Overview
Our work in Southern Africa
Many households our partners serve are headed by grandmothers or older siblings, caring for children who have lost parents.
Family strengthening, school access and household income are the priorities, alongside food security work in communities where the lean season has grown longer.
The context shaping this work
- A high proportion of children being raised by relatives.
- Lengthening lean seasons between harvests.
- Caregivers who are themselves elderly or unwell.
Ministry areas
Most active in Southern Africa
Every region carries all three of our commitments; these are the ministries that dominate here.
renewal
Education
Helping children and young people reach a classroom, stay in it, and leave with real options for their future.
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relief
Food & Clean Water
The two needs that come before everything else — enough to eat, and water that is safe to drink.
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renewal
Economic Empowerment
Savings groups, training and small enterprise support that let households build their own income.
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Pray for Southern Africa
These requests come from partner communities in this region. Our prayer team receives them as they arrive, including urgent ones.
Join the prayer teamGrandmothers raising grandchildren
Many households are headed by elderly caregivers raising several children. Pray for their strength and health, and for the caregiver groups that keep them from carrying it alone.
Children at risk of not returning to school
UrgentA number of children may not return next term because their household cannot meet the costs. Pray for the support to reach them, and for it to be given discreetly.
Elsewhere
Other regions
East Africa
Rural communities facing drought, displacement and rising food prices
- Water security and repair
- School access and feeding
- Savings and livestock
West Africa
Growing young populations, and too few routes into work
- Vocational and trade training
- Small enterprise support
- Maternal and child health
South Asia
Where exclusion, not scarcity, is the deepest problem
- Education for excluded children
- Safe water and sanitation
- Livelihoods and savings
“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”
Support the work in this region
Gifts to where it is needed most let our partners direct funds to the greatest need across every region.