More on Swaziland…

More on
Swaziland
,
Africa
, we are getting very excited! Here is a good link and a very quick read;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/africa_battling_hunger_and_aids_in_swaziland/html/1.stm

One of the main points of ministry that we will be doing in Swazi is Care Points…

Care Point Descriptions:

In
Swaziland
orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) can usually find housing on a rural homestead of a distant family
member.  Homesteads are the way traditional Swazis used to live, and to this day many rural Swazis still live on or have rights to a homestead.  Homesteads are usually brick and mud structures or huts or concrete block buildings.  A homestead can have as many as 5 or 6 units on the property, and it is not uncommon for 15-20 children to be living on a homestead. 

Care Points serve as gathering places for the OVCs in a given community.  Each Care Point varies in what it offers for the children, but basic reason for existence is food.  As long as there is food to be given out the children will gather.  Some of the Care Points offer informal education.  Some of the Care points attempt agricultural projects, but these are complicated by the fact that the majority of the locations don’t have a water source nearby.  A few of the Care Points have very motivated “caregivers” who do their best to also provide social interaction for the children in the form of games and songs.  The number of children serviced by each Care Point varies between 30-125.

Please continue to pray for this trip, we are up to 20 people that will be going, we need millions to accomplish the dream, it is coming!