Breaking the cycle of extreme poverty across Africa.
..rescuing mankind from hardship
We fight hunger, build health centres and schools, and bring clean water to the communities that need it most — starting in Nigeria.
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Health centre & food bank under construction in the Igede community.
“Now is the right time to speak up for the voiceless, cater for the destitute and defend the rights of the needy.”
Our mission
To break the cycle of extreme poverty, rescue mankind from extreme hardship, create a better life for the needy, and bring hope to people living in poverty around the world.
- Food banks
- Health centres
- Schools
- Clean water
Four promises we are keeping, one community at a time.
Food banks in every community
Build food banks across every village and city in Africa — starting in Nigeria — so no child dies of malnutrition and every child gets at least three meals a day.
Free health centres
Establish health centres in all villages and cities where people access free, quality medical care and medication — regardless of religion or ethnicity.
Schools for the less privileged
Build schools that give destitute children free, sound education all the way up to university level.
Clean water for all
Sink boreholes in every rural community so families have access to safe, free water without walking miles to find it.
Six programs turning compassion into action.
Every initiative is designed to meet an urgent need today while building the structures that lift communities for good.
Action Against Hunger
We establish food banks in rural communities where the needy access raw foods constantly. Next, we secure farmland from community leaders and employ people to farm it — scaling our free food distribution.
Community Health Support
We are building community health centres so people can access free medical care — confronting the preventable illnesses behind millions of deaths across Africa each year.
Skills & Self-Employment
We build skill-acquisition centres and partner with trainers to teach trades, then set up each graduate — with grants and mentoring for those starting a business.
Aged Welfare
Monthly stipends for elderly people aged 75 and above who have no means of caring for themselves.
Community Development
We build boreholes for communities facing severe water scarcity — bringing safe drinking water to villages where families walk miles for often-unsafe water.
Back To School
We build schools and provide free education for the less privileged, and distribute free exercise books and textbooks to students.
The scale of the need — and why we can’t wait.
people facing hunger across Africa
Nigerian children under five lost each year to preventable causes
deaths in Africa annually — many of them preventable
Africans impacted by water scarcity
members registered
communities served
packages distributed
years of service
Behind every statistic is a child who went to bed hungry.
In East Africa a life is lost to hunger roughly every 48 seconds, and 300 million people across the continent do not have enough to eat. We build food banks in their communities so a child can count on three meals a day.
Action Against Hunger
Food banks in rural communities giving the needy constant access to raw foods.
Distribution of foods
Delivering free food packages to families and elders across the communities we serve.
Ongoing construction of a community health centre in Nigeria
Right now, brick by brick, we are building a health centre that will bring free, quality medical care to families in Nigeria. Follow the build from foundation to first patient.
Give hope. Feed a child. Build a future.
Your gift goes directly to food banks, health centres, boreholes and schools. Choose an amount to get started.
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