Africa

From its onset, We're All God’s Children (WAGC) has been concerned with the plight of those living in poverty and hopelessness in rural Africa. We felt it important to work with well-established and trustworthy organizations that already had roots in the community. Not only was it important that we trust the organization in question, but the local people had to trust them as well.

On our first two mission trips to Africa we worked with the InterContinental Christian Ministry (ICCM), an agency which works to spread the gospel and offers free medical care to those of all faiths in rural Kenya. Our foundation partnered with ICCM to hold free medical camps in the rural villages surrounding Eldoret. There are no established hospitals or medical care facilities in these villages. People must walk miles for help. This journey can prove difficult--sometimes impossible. Poverty makes it impossible to afford medical care even if they could reach a hospital.

Every day in a small Kenyan village is about survival. One of the most serious problems the local villagers face is the lack of clean water. Many people must walk several miles a day for water and carry heavy gallon jugs by hand or on a bicycle. Severe drought is a daily threat. There is a lack of sanitary conditions which begets diseases such as malaria and typhoid-- diseases we in America no longer face. Unfortunately due to the extreme violence in Kenya following the election of January 2008 all plans for future visits there have been suspended. To learn more about our experiences in Kenya, read our Special Africa Report 2006 and our Special Africa Report 2007.