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Our African Adventure
On June 5th, our team left for South Africa.
We're taking part in a short term mission through Westside Kings Church to help Hands at Work with its projects in Cork.
We're taking part in a short term mission through Westside Kings Church to help Hands at Work with its projects in Cork.
Cork is a community of about 40,000. It's home to an unnumbered community of Mozambique refugees who arrived 20 years ago to escape the war. Most arrived on foot, walking for days through the nearby Kruger National Park.
In the early days, the refugees were supported by international aid agencies providing food, medication and shelter but the support came to an end after 5 years.
In the early days, the refugees were supported by international aid agencies providing food, medication and shelter but the support came to an end after 5 years.
A few years ago another Westside Kings Church team discovered Cork and found a community that was sick. Young people were dying of AIDS. Older people were dying of hunger.
It was also a community without hope, with many feeling powerless to change their situation. Without identity cards, the people of Cork cannot return to a now peaceful Mozambique, neither can they work here in South Africa legally. They have no rights and suffer appalling prejudice.
And as with much of Africa, children are losing their parents to AIDS and are left to raise themselves. The difference being that these forgotten ones have no government to support them.
It was also a community without hope, with many feeling powerless to change their situation. Without identity cards, the people of Cork cannot return to a now peaceful Mozambique, neither can they work here in South Africa legally. They have no rights and suffer appalling prejudice.
And as with much of Africa, children are losing their parents to AIDS and are left to raise themselves. The difference being that these forgotten ones have no government to support them.
Meet the Team
South Africa
Cork
1 comment:
AH! The blog looks great. I'm looking forward to tracking your journey! It's coming up so quickly.
Christie
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