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At FUMC Fort Worth, our Mission is to: LOVE GOD. SERVE PEOPLE. TRANSFORM LIVES
FUMC Fort Worth is supporting two Zoe Empowers’ groups in Kenya PLUS a matching FOUR groups (due to a match by an anonymous donor).
With your support, prayers, and presence, the lives of orphaned and vulnerable youth and children in Kenya are transformed through your support of the Zoe Empowers program.
Since 2010, members of FUMCFW have transformed lives of orphaned and vulnerable youth and children in Kenya through support of Zoe Empowers. We have traveled to Kenya to celebrate the success of Zoe Empowers’ youth and children. For orphaned youth, life revolves around survival. They quit school to find work. When $1/day doesn’t feed their family, they beg, steal, or starve. Exploited, abused and sick, they suffer in the shadows. Eventually, they lose hope, battling a cycle that is unfixable by relief-based aid or foster care systems that lack resources.
Through Zoe Empowers’ three-year, locally-led program, orphaned youth are organized into groups of 60 -100 children and receive micro grants, life skills, and vocational training to become secure, healthy, and connected community members. Children become safe and healthy. Health and safety is a primary focus that includes food security, house, health & hygiene, and child rights initiatives. Sustainable, generational change is emphasized through education, vocational training, business development, and financial fluency. Children are wrapped in layers of community. Social and spiritual concerns are addressed through community reintegration, family reunification when appropriate, and spiritual strengthening.
Become part of Zoe Empowers, a life-transforming ministry — and discover how the life most transformed could turn out to be your own!
Make a donation today and transform lives forever.
A gift of $10 buys rabbits or maize.
Because rabbits can have up to six litters a year, they are a good source of income for a vulnerable child who is working towards self-reliance and sustainability. Children can then pay for many of their basic needs, such as school materials, food, clothing and medical care.
Many children in the program choose to grow maize because it is an essential part of their traditional diet. In many of the villages where Zoe Empowers children live, a maize-meal is a culinary staple, as well as a great source of food and revenue.
A gift of $25 buys a cooking pot or school supplies or chickens
A cooking pot can be the difference between sickness and health for a child living in poverty. When children cannot boil drinking water and properly cook their food, they can suffer from chronic health problems. Zoe Empowers ensures children receive vital resources and training to be healthy and prevent illness.
Orphaned children often drop out of school in order to work for food. The Zoe Empowers program provides children with uniforms, fees and other materials required to return to school. Older children are empowered to start businesses which allows them and their siblings to enroll in school and continue their education.
A gift of $50 buys a goat or hairdresser supplies or electronics repair kit.
Goats are easy to care for, thrive on otherwise unproductive land and improve food security. One goat can produce up to a gallon of milk per day. Raising and selling goats can be a good source of income. The children are trained how to care for goats before they receive them.
Cell phones are an essential part of daily life where Zoe Empowers works. Repairing and charging cell phones and other devices is a lucrative trade for an orphaned child. Some participants in the program have invested in solar-powered televisions and screens to run small movie theaters.
A gift of $100 buys carpentry tools or an ox plow or a basket of shoes.
Having the right tools is essential for an orphan who wants to start a business. For aspiring carpenters, Zoe Empowers provides vocational training as well as the hammers, saws, clamps, work gloves and other tools necessary to repair homes and build furniture.
Zoe Empowers encourages children to start businesses that can generate income quickly and address immediate challenges such as hunger and lack of housing. A micro-grant can be used to purchase wholesale products, such as shoes, which can be sold at a profit in their communities.
For more information, contact Rev. Brenda Brooks-Alexander and/or https://zoeempowers.org
For speakers to learn more, contact Ken and Carrie Hinze at carehinze@yahoo.com