Raising a large family isn’t easy but Mama Safi isn’t alone in caring for Mwete. He has a bigger family of support at the Care Point, with the Care Workers and the other children.
Our Calling - Dawson and Celine Reddekopp
My Calling - John Matiwa
We faced many challenges along the way because people thought that if you were doing something like this, you should get money. They would also point to the work and say that it was for women and that men are supposed to be working for their families. But the relationships that I had built with the children made me unable to say no.
He Changed Me ...
Meet Naomi and Miriam
Meet Amos
My Calling - Kara McLaughlin
Staying Connected to Africa
The two of us who had previously gone to Africa through Hands at Work shared stories of what we might have experienced while there — stories of Holy Home Visits, attending local churches, and building relationships with long-term volunteers. At the end of the two weeks, the team realised that we would have arrived home. We agreed that we did not want to stop meeting.
Meet Rosa
Sowing Physical Seeds
With food prices increasing due to poor economies, the pandemic, and past seasons of drought, along with the impact that COVID-19 has had as a whole, people are experiencing extreme food insecurity, resulting in Care Workers being forced to make the choice between feeding their own families and serving at the Care Point.
Continuing to Provide the Essentials
One of our first tasks was bridging the gap between the government health authorities – who were making the decisions about which essential services could stay open and what people could or couldn’t do – and the communities that are off the map, where the needs amongst the poorest people are the highest.
Intercede on Behalf of our Youth
Running Towards the Problem
My Calling - Jane Matsanura
My Calling - Audrey Zingwe
Making it Personal
Equipping the Next Generation
“Our children saw the stark difference between our comfortable lifestyle and wealth and the hardship and poverty that the people of Mcheneke Community, Malawi, live with daily. They also saw the difference in attitude between their own complaining and discontent hearts and the joyful, grateful hearts of the Care Workers and children that they met, despite their impoverished conditions.”
‘Come Lord Jesus’
Volunteer Intake Reflections 2019
Jakob and Candece share their personal reflections on how the five weeks of orientation at the Hands at Work Hub in South Africa and four-week placement at a local Hands at Work office have helped to shape their understanding of what it means to serve the most vulnerable and give of themselves even if it personally costs them.
My Calling - Barbra Teiwa
At that point I was a Christian and was going to the Apostolic Faith Mission Church. Farai Gunhe (African Volunteer, Zimbabwe) was my youth leader, along with another lady, which is when I started hearing about Hands at Work and the work that Farai was involved with. He did invite me to join but I just didn’t think I had the gifts it took to serve the most vulnerable. However, it encouraged me when Farai kept pursuing me – he must have seen something in me.