Villages of Life
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"Leadership is sacrificing your life or even suffering in order to change what needs to be changed" - Unknown
Villages Of LIFE
The Vision
Through donations corporation, schools, churches and families the vision is to build villages consisting of 15 houses which will house 15 widows and approx 90 orphans. Each house will have 6 orphans and a house mum/parent which will give a great sense of family where there once was none. A school for 300 students servicing the orphan village and the surrounding population creating integration, a Tafe workshop for carpentry, metalwork and sewing and a medical centre.
All the building material will be sourced locally boosting the local economy. The building will be done by the local work force creating much needed employment. This also helps to avoid jealousy within the surrounding community
Villages of Life is a Non Government Organization (NGO) and is the bricks and mortar component of the vision. Youth for Christ Burundi is there to provide for the emotional, spiritual and everyday needs of widows and orphans housed in the homes. Their vision is to raise up a generation of Godly leaders through leadership training.
Villages of Life aims to build a new village every 3 years.
Villages of Life Founder
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Personally visited the orphanage in Gitega Burundi a number of times. Everytime I was amazed to see how well the children are looked after and how they lived together as a family. Their happy smiling faces, their freshly brushed snow white teeth and the respect they have for their house mum was astounding.
It is unimaginable to think of where they may have been and how they would survive without the help of ordinary people like you and me.
The local people have amazing skills but no resources.
Villages of Life |
| Ted Bosveld |
| ted@villagesoflife.org |
| Mobile (in Australia): 0417 546 473 |
Burundi has a population of approximately 8.4 million and a land area roughly one third the size of Tasmania where I live.
90% of the population rely on subsistence farming, while 68% live below the poverty line.
The Needs
- Housing
- Education
- Training facilities
- Medical facilities
- Family structure for widows and orphans
- Employment
Homes of Hope
Burundi
in association with Villages of Life
Homes of Hope is the brand name of Youth for Christ Burundi's orphanages. The name was inspired by the G21 mandate of raising a future genetaion. Burundi has been torm by many years of war and poverty and has thus resulted in many orphans; our quest is to provide a home and family for them.
We bring in children between the ages of 0-6yrs from all over the country from the 3 tribes. We have 2 orphanages; one located in Masenga (4 km from Gitega city centre) while the other in Cibitoke Province.
Each centre is designed to primarily have an Orphanage, Medical Center, and School. The centers were created so that as Youth for Christ we can play a transformational role in the surrounding communities by providing educational opportunities and quality affordable medical treatment as well.
Sponsor a Child
Change a life!
For $50 a month you can provide shelter, education,food and clothing in a loving environment for one young person in Burundi.
Make a difference
Today!
Spend a week, a month or a year at one of Burundi YFC's projects and experience what is happening first hand!
Contact Burundi YFC
Bujumbura, Burundi
Office number:
(+257) 22 21 0440
Mobile number:
(+257) 78 85 3029
E-mail:
freddy@burundiyfc.org
Get Involved
Give!
Burundi YFC functions entirely on the generosity of its supporters. We have been in awe of the what has provided through churches and individuals over the past few years. Large once-off donations of money, resources and the hard work of skilled teams have had a huge impact on the ministry, while the regular small monthly gifts of a dedicated group of people have allowed the ministry to function on a day-to-day basis.
To find out more information, or to support,
please click here!
Sponsor!
We are always looking for sponsors for our orphans at the Gitega center, and soon to be, our Cibitoke center. $50.00 a day provides the needs for a child at our orphanage.
To get involved or find out more information,
click here!
Go!
Burundians are amongst the most hospitable people, and the YFC staff would welcome with open arms anyone wanting to get involved on a short term basis, from a week to several years! We are currently in need of English teachers for our Gitega orphanage and Future Hope School, Doctors and Nurses for Shammah Medical Center in Gitega as well as general help for our Bujumbura office.
If you are interested or want more information,
please click here!
My involvement?
I went to Burundi 4th November 2010 .
I had a fantastic "Heart Plunge" experience.
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I do hope you enjoyed the Blog and quote
Richard Bejah :0)
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13 Oct 2010, 5:37 PM
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13 Oct 2010, 5:38 PM
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14 Oct 2010, 9:46 PM
RT @RichardBejah Helping others wrote:
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Did you actually involve BONO? He would get you on stage to raise funds!
Keep up the good work!
Keep sparkling!
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No the name came from the original project I have organised @ProjectBONO and @BONOProject as Twitter names. Now that would be awesome if BONO helped promote but I would be packing death if I had to go on ANY Stage! LOL! RICH :0)
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Pretty cool Rich. Thanks for sharing. My sister and her fiance have spent the last year in Swaziland helping needy children in providing medical services. There's definitely a big need in Africa.
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Yes and I will definately see that in Burundi... They bsay it will be LIFE CHANGING!.
I really admire those that put there life on hold for an experience llike that.. I don't think I could ever do that... 8 days for me is a stretch. LOL! RICH :0)
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Absolutely WONDERFUL Richard!! Thank you so much for all you are doing with these projects! I wish you all the best on your "heart plunge" journey.
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THANKYOU I do hope all goes well! All should be OK with the will of GOD! RICH :0)
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Great Job Rich!! I love giving, volunteering, and prepping for a mission trip to Brazil soon!! Giving in small ways sometimes makes a huge difference! I get my kids involved the most I can!! The $50 dollar sponsor a child is something I will look into! Thanks!!
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EXCELLENT! What will you be doing on the Brazil trip? RICH :0)
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