What We Are Doing

Our Journey's programs provide care for thousands of families and orphaned children in Africa in conjunction with the South African Organization Zimele (Zulu for "standing on your own two feet"). Our Journey is also working in Kenya to help feed the street children.

With the death of parents, older siblings and grandparents are left to care for younger children. It has become very challenging for both families and communities to care for increasing numbers of orphaned children.

The immediate aim of our out-reach programs is:

  • Education - to provide uniforms and educational supplies so children can attend school; to establish pre-school and after-school programs that will give children a safe environment with supplemental food and a chance to learn English.
  • Scholarships - to provide local Zulu people with the opportunity to receive certification in early childhood education enabling them to staff the community schools.
  • Physical Needs - to meet the immediate needs of families by providing food, including establishing community gardens and construction of houses and schools.
  • Skills Development - to strengthen families' capacity to become self-sufficient through providing life-skills, agricultural and business training.

Future programs in planning stages are:

  • Work Group Opportunities - opportunities for groups of volunteers to build much-needed housing and community facilities.

 

Our Journey, Inc. is a non-profit organization currently working in South Africa and Zimbabwe with Zimele, a community-based program emphasizing self-reliance for families and children decimated by AIDS. In 2010, Our Journey will also be working with the street children in Kenya.