by wowadmin | Apr 5, 2013 | Community Updates, Shamabanse, Project Updates
Jasmine Primary School in the village of Shamabanse, Zambia, has undergone some unprecedented growth recently. Sweeping changes in the Ministry of Education have caused other primary schools in the area to convert to secondary schools, forcing hundreds of primary-age...
by wowadmin | Apr 12, 2013 | Makululu, Community Updates, Project Updates, Blog
Cecilia Mumba used to walk miles and miles to reach clinics when her family fell ill. Getting into the city wasn’t easy for the 54 year-old widow, with no steady job and nine children and grandchildren relying on her, she walked great distances and often slept...
by wowadmin | Apr 19, 2013 | Community Updates, Shamabanse, Project Updates, Blog
When Lena’s husband died 18 years ago, Lena moved back home and had been caring for her elderly mother ever since. With the recent passing of her mother, Lena was left with four double-orphans in her charge. Learn what she’s doing to support her new...
by wowadmin | Apr 26, 2013 | Community Updates, Project Updates, Mtandile, Blog
When we first met Loveness, her family was on the brink of eviction from their humble dwelling in the slums of Mtandire. With her father paralyzed and unable to work, her mother’s meagre earnings from selling charcoal at the market weren’t enough to...
by wowadmin | May 3, 2013 | Community Updates, Project Updates, Conferences, Blog
With two pastors conferences done and one more to go, we have stood in amazement as over 3,000 African church leaders and pastors have flocked to our conferences this year and more are still coming! These church leaders hear from 4-5 keynote speakers on topics that...
by wowadmin | May 7, 2013 | Revelations from Africa, Community Updates, Project Updates, Blog
It was the sixth WOW Community in Malawi I had visited that week, and the sixth rape crisis support group I was meeting. These women, like the other ones I had met, beckoned me to sit in their circle as they recounted stories of healing, horror, and progress. I heard...
