Mission: Partnerships

Hands @ Work Africa

The mission of Hands at Work, through their relationship with the local Church in Africa, is to challenge, encourage, develop and support the ministry of servanthood among those in need in their community. They believe the biblical mandate to care for the dying, widows and orphans is not only for the Church in Africa, but also elsewhere, and Hands at Work desire to be a prophetic voice to the Churches outside Africa, challenging them to fulfil their mandate.
Their 8 core values are:

We are Christian / We are committed to the Body of Christ / We value people / We are committed to the poor / We are responsive / We are committed to local community ownership of projects / We are stewards / We are partners

The Forge Community Church joined up with Zion Christian Fellowship in the West Midlands in their partnership with a Hands @ Work project, headed up by Pastor Jacob and Annie’s church in North Zambia. We are joining them in their amazing work among the poorest people of the world. It involves:

• Home Based Care. 300 volunteers from a variety of Zambian churches visiting & caring for people with AIDS in their homes.
• Supporting Schools. One based at the church and 2 Bush based.
• Running children’s camps

Zion has been supporting this project over the last few years, by sending out people aged between 17-70, who work on building teams, as counsellors to train home based care workers, teachers to train volunteer teachers, Children’s team workers, physios, opticians, dentists amongst many others.

 

 

 

 

Links:

• Hands @ Work website
• Zion Christian Centre website