The girls

One of our primary responsibilities at Young Africa is to work with 25 orphaned teenage girls living in the group home on campus. Each week, Emma and I plan activities and lessons to help the girls understand their potential and develop important skills that lead them towards emotional and financial independence. 

 Some of the activities include; vision boards, “self esteem building blocks”, english class, goals setting lessons, thinking games, soccer training and much more. Something that we noted as we were talking with the girls was that almost all of them want to help others like they have been helped. We wanted to show them that they can help now. They do not have to wait until they are rich or older to help those around them. We contacted the orphanage SOS Villages which is situated up the road from Young Africa. Emma and I visited their orphanage and plans were made for our girls to visit the children on Saturdays. During these visits the YA girls work with the other children building relationships and mentoring the younger children. It is a great opportunity for our girls to develop a  pattern of service and to be examples to the younger children.

The girls at Young Africa have all the resources they need to be successful and happy. They are what is going to change this country and the world. We are encouraging them to seek after and take advantage of this time they have to learn. These girls have the opportunity to be economically independent and emotionally secure throughout their lives if they work for it now. They will help to establish peace and security in a country stained with years of war and instability, changing their lives and the lives of others generations to come.