Partner with GFA World to Sponsor a Child in Africa
Africa is home to one-fifth of the world’s population—about 1.2 billion people—and half of the African populace is under the age of 15. With the presence of significant poverty in many of the nations on the continent, there is also great need and opportunity to sponsor a child in Africa.[1]
Mortality rates among all ages in Africa have been dropping over the decades, but In 2017, more than half of the 5.4 million deaths of children under the age of five worldwide occurred in Africa.[2] Many of these deaths were caused by preventable diseases, like pneumonia, malaria and diarrhea. If current trends persist, millions more unnecessary under-five deaths will occur throughout Africa in the coming decade.
However, not all the difficulties African children face come from death; new life also creates challenges. Sub-Saharan Africa has had the highest birth rates of any region since 2017, and this trend is projected to persist for the remainder of the century. With such a large and growing population of children, Africa will need to raise up millions more healthcare workers and primary school teachers to meet the demands of these shifting demographics.[3] It is difficult to provide so many personnel, so many organizations are working to be a part of solving the problem.
GFA World has faithfully served the needy in dozens of countries across Asia for more than 40 years, and our ministry has now expanded into Africa. One of the first initiaties our ministry began was establishing a branch of our Child Sponsorship Program in Kigali, Rwanda. As the capital city in one of the most densely populated African nations, Kigali is home to many kids in desperate circumstances. Believers from all over the world can now sponsor a child in Rwanda to help meet their tangible needs and bring them the Good News.[4]
Where extreme poverty is present, education is often set aside due the requirements of daily survival. Children are often made to work alongside their parents to afford food to survive. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, 100.1 million children—mostly girls—are not in school.[5] The vicious cycle then continues because education is one of the most important keys to breaking free from poverty’s grip. Thus, to sponsor a child in Africa to go to school opens an amazing opportunity of a brighter future for them they may never receive anywhere else.
Through sponsorship, our program looks at the roadblocks to education and seeks to remove them through developmental activities and assistance according to the needs of the community. This aide can be distributing school supplies, providing clean water, medical care, tuition assistance, tutoring help, preventing malnutrition and more. More than 1,000 children in Rwanda have already been enrolled in the program, and we are in the process of enrolling many more. The kids will be taught valuable skills, like language and math, that will lead to better employment opportunities in the future.[6]
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