Towards the end of 2020 we mentioned in our information emails the goal that Beacon of Hope has, to help our team leaders to become more financially independent.  Helping Abraham Mabhena of Zimbabwe with a farm project is our next effort to achieve this.  He has acquired a 7 acre property for just $1900.  The plan is to build a building that can serve as a caretaker's accommodation and tool shed next step is to help him start developing it.  It will take $2800 to complete the building, which is already well under way. We still have $1800 to raise to complete the building.   

Can you help with a $25, $50 or $100 donation to Abraham's project? Thanks for your kind consideration.  Just click donate here to direct your gift to Abraham's building project.

It is with great thanks that we acknowledge God's unending benevolence to the Beacon of Hope ministry by blessing us with such great donors.  This year has been a challenge for everyone across the planet but we hope you can find something to be grateful about during this Thanksgiving season.

Financial Independence for Partners:

A few of the partners that we support in Africa, to achieve AIDS Prevention and Character Development objectives, are local NGO organizations.  It has been our objective as part of this ministry to not only financially support our partners but also to try and guide and encourage them to develop their own local sources of income.  Also, to recruit their own supporters so that they are not completely dependent on Beacon of Hope for their livelihood.

Of our eight primary partners there are four already established NGOs, one in the process of registering and three are independent operators. Two of the four established NGOs are already financially independent of BOHI.

1. BOHIKZN-NPC (Beacon of Hope Kwa Zulu Natal Non Profit Corporation) is the NGO that we helped to establish in Richards Bay where we started this ministry. We have now turned over the management of the NGO to the local team leaders and they have been successful in seeking out their own funding through various grant opportunities.  Their primary source of funds has been President GW Bush 43's PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) fund.
2. PLAEP (Partners for Life Advancement and Education Promotion) is our partner in Zambia and they were already an independently operated NGO before their association with BOHI. We have been successful in securing a partnership for PLAEP with the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Los Alamitos, California for the funding of their AIDS Prevention and Character Development program and other projects at their Musonda School.
   This is a model that we would like to duplicate with some of our other partners.  So, if your church is mission minded and you consider they might be open to supporting an African mission that they would not need to manage, we would love an opportunity to speak to them about supporting one of our mission projects. 

We have a variety of projects besides the AIDS Education and Character Development that any sponsor can get support.

The following three projects will be detailed in separate blog posts and emails starting in January 2021 because they are potentially new projects for Beacon of Hope and not part of our "Financial Independence for Partners" plan: 

• Support some two hundred children, some of which are special needs kids in Uganda.
• Support and improve the Samaritans Community School in Kitwe, Zambia.  This could grow into a similar project to that undertaken on Musonda Community School by our current partner, PLAEP in Kitwe, Zambia.
• Build a church building for a new church plant in Soshanguve, South Africa.

Feeding Program Justification:

Feeding Program Result Summary:

The feeding program was concentrated in the four month period of May to August while we were receiving directed donations for feeding.   It is continuing at a reduced scale, using only the Smart Choices training resources and residual, small monthly donation dedicated to feeding. We have directed over $22,000 to our teams for feeding and they purchased and distributed 20 tons of food and hygiene products. An average of 250 family units affecting about 1200 individuals per month have benefited from the program.