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September 2, 2023
We’re going to be introducing one of our Care Workers regularly from across Africa. Today we want you to meet Deborah from the Shoka community in Eswatini.
“My name is Deborah and I became a Care Worker in 2016 after being inspired by a message that was shared at our church about becoming a Care Worker. The best part about being a Care Worker is singing and playing soccer with the children.”
July 9, 2022
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When Care Worker Nomzamo found Ruth* and her siblings, she began regularly visiting the family. Nomzamo spent time encouraging the children's father about his responsibility to care for them. The children began attending the Care Point, and the transformation Nomzamo has seen in their life over the years is remarkable. Ruth has grown into a healthy and joyful girl, who loves to spend time with her friends. When Ruth was eight, with the faithful support of Nomzamo, her father’s home became a more stable environment and she began to attend school. Nomzamo continues to visit the family on a regular basis, encouraging them and praying with them. Providing for the children's most basic needs continues to be a challenge for their father. Consistent work is very difficult to find in Shoka. Today, despite the struggles, it is clear that Ruth’s father loves her and is doing the best he can to care for her. – Shoka Community, #Eswatini #CareWorkers #Hope
October 27, 2021
'It’s beautiful when the meaning of someone’s name reflects the way that they live their life. Sphesihle is the newest and youngest member of the local Hands at Work team in Eswatini and her name means ‘beautiful gift’.
“I’ve had the privilege of walking with Sphesihle and doing Holy Home Visits together. At the end of visiting one of our Care Workers in Shoka, before she was going to pray, she asked the Care Worker, “Can you explain to me what you meant what you said that the mountain is too steep for you to climb?”. That question was the breakthrough in that Holy Home Visit. By the time that she prayed, we had gotten the full story, the Care Worker was weeping and had opened up. It was beautiful to see someone as young as Sphesihle be sensitive to the Holy Home Visit. She truly is a gift.” – Busie Sityatha-Jones, Hands at Work Leader
August 28, 2021
Care Workers and the local Hands at Work team in Eswatini pray over the Care Worker’s garden started in Shoka Community.
October 30, 2020
In Shoka Community, Eswatini, six-year-old Shine* can often be seen racing around at the Care Point and playing with his friends. We thank God for our Life Centres across Africa where children like Shine can have a safe and secure place to be children.
November 1, 2019
“I lost my father when I was young and someone needed to care for me. I became a Care Worker in 2016 because I recognise the importance of being cared for and I understand why it's important to pay back and care for others well. I feel free when I'm with the children and I feel encouraged.” – Jabubulile, a Care Worker in Shoka Community, Eswatini
April 30, 2019
Shoka Community, Swaziland.
Eight-year-old Paul lives with his grandmother. She cares for Paul together with his three siblings as best she can. But the burden of caring for all of these children was heavy for Paul’s grandmother. When Paul first went to the Care Point, the only clothes he owned were ripped and torn and a few sizes too small for him; he had found these clothes in the local rubbish dump. Not having better clothes, and very aware of how he looked, he was embarrassed to go to the Care Point and interact with the other children and was too shy to play with them. So in response, the Care Workers provided him with new clothes and a school uniform. Paul’s story has become representative of the hope brought by Shoka Community Based Organisation (CBO).
January 15, 2018
Throughout 2018, the youth from the community of Shoka in Swaziland started to become much more involved in caring for the younger children at the Care Point. As the year continued, they started to pray before and help serve their daily meal, lead games and help with the attendance list. This has helped to empower the youth leaders as they now have more responsibility and feel like the Care Point belongs to them.
The Shoka Care Point where 50 of the most vulnerable children across Shoka receive a daily hot and nutritious meal, access to education and access to basic health care.
The Care Point has a water tank that is used to store water.