Projects

I.N. Network is committed to freeing every young woman and child from Trokosi slavery. We begin by building relationships with the priests and community leaders. We help them see the damage they are doing in the lives of the young girls and, indeed, the entire village. When the fetish priests understand how the Trokosi system negatively effects the village, change can begin. When all the children in the village are able to go to school, they learn that slavery is not okay. A new generation of children can grow up in freedom with the skills to stop the Trokosi practice from happening in the future.

We have also partnered with the government of Ghana to end the practice of Trokosi by making it illegal. But even though the law is in place, many rural communities continue to subject young girls to this life-threatening practice, so I.N. Network's negotiations will continue until every last person is released. 

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Most importantly, teaching in secular schools gives Christian leaders opportunities to invite the young people to activities outside the school. Follow-up events, much like church youth programs in the United States, introduce students to the gospel and help them to form relationships with trusted youth workers who model Christ for them. Students are affirmed by spending time playing games alongside youth workers, and teens are given the opportunity to respond to the salvation message. This program is transforming many young lives in a country where spiritual apathy and atheism is so prevalent.

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Every Saturday, I.N. Network runs a free children's program open to any child who wants to attend. Each child receives a nutritious meal - the only healthy food many of the children receive. They also find a safe place where they can experience the loving care of I.N. Network volunteers and learn about the God who cherishes them.

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With that in mind, International Needs Kenya makes it a priority to provide families with some monthly food staples that help them to make ends meet. While this is an added cost for the program, above and beyond what is usually provided in a sponsorships, the extreme poverty of these children and their families cannot be ignored.

Will you help to provide poverty-stricken families with these desperately needed basic food essentials?

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Using the Christian calendar and making use of summer vacations, I.N. Network invites children to camps and celebrations at Christmas and Easter. These Christian celebrations are discouraged in Turkey, but the celebrations affirm the children in their faith. Serving in Turkey is a privilege that is not without its dangers. There are so few Christians, we need to encourage and support them in their work by providing a place for their children to feel "normal."

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The Uganda Animal project started at the Buikwe school in 2006 with a starting gift from special donors in Michigan. Animal Project gifts are long-term gifts that grow and multiply as the animals do. Will you help with a gift that will grow and multiply in the small fishing village of Kiyindi?

Families in the rural areas of Uganda live in poverty that is hard for those with "enough" to imagine. Meals are uncertain and many children only get the meals they are served at school because there is simply nothing to eat at home.

There are no jobs available and there is no money to move where there are jobs.

The land is dry, bereft, and crops don't grow.

AIDS is killing off both parents and children. Malaria is both a constant threat and a daily reality.

Families are stuck.

The Animal Project is a way to further impact sponsored children and their families in a sustainable way.

Here's how it works: a family undergoes a six-week training program and they prepare to be owners by planting grass and building a small shelter. The animal is inoculated and dewormed to make sure it will stay healthy.

When the family receives the animal, for example a cow, they use the milk to feed the family and the manure to improve their crops. If there is more milk than the family can use, they sell it for income to provide for their other needs. The first of the animal offspring is given back to the Animal Project to help another family. Further offspring belongs to the family to share or sell.

The Animal Project at Buikwe was so successful at providing hope to families that International Needs is expanding the project to help families at the Kiyindi school with a first sustainable step out of poverty.

There families are willing to work hard, and the Animal Project is a way that International Needs can provide them with a hand up rather than a hand-out.

We need your help to reach Kiyindi families with the hope that a cow, pig, or chicken can bring. Will you help us?

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But there IS a ray of hope! Each summer there is an opportunity for these children to attend camp, where singing worship songs, praying to God, and reading the Bible is NORMAL.

The camp program we're working to support has a week for elementary school, middle school, and high school campers.

Can you help make this experience possible for hundreds of kids? Donate online!

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I am deeply saddened to pass along news of the death of Billiant Milanzi from Zambia. Billiant (or Billy as we knew him) was on a bus en route to Lusaka on Thursday, February 7^th, when the bus collided head-on with a truck. 53 people were confirmed dead, and among them was our dear brother-in-Christ, Billy. We are still in shock at this tragic collision that has affected so many families in Zambia.

Billy leaves behind his wife, Maggie, and six young daughters. His was a pillar of the ministry in Zambia during his many years on staff and was invaluable in the role he played in FamCare, ZACTS, and the Misaka child sponsorship program. Billy had an easy smile and served the Lord with all his heart.

Billiant’s home-going leaves a giant hole for the dear, sweet family that he loved, protected, and provided for, as well as in the Zambia ministry. Please pray with us for the Lord’s comfort and provision in this time of deep sadness.

Thomas Lumba, former Executive Director of IN Zambia shares:

“A faithful, loyal, and humble servant of the Lord. Billiant, my Timothy, fellow companion for many years, taken away from us and from Maggie and your beautiful six girls, without a proper farewell. We indeed are in tears. Rest well my friend in the safe arms of your Lord, our Lord Jesus Christ, whom you loved and served so faithfully till your last day.”

As you can imagine, Billy was the only income earner in the Milanzi family, and it is our fervent wish to help Maggie and the girls provide a proper burial for their husband and father. Immediate needs are funds for a coffin, transportation, and food for the many family members and friends who will begin their long journey, walking and traveling for days so they can be present to mourn and then bury Billiant.

We would also like to make some long-term financial provision for Maggie and the family. If you are able to help with this need, would you consider giving online?

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Filling out reports, tracking statistics, and communicating with sponsors happens right on the edge of Kibera from the plain metal container which serves as the office. Four staff members share this small space, and they have reached the point where they need some basic tools and improvements to keep the ministry moving forward efficiently.

The IN Kenya staff work hard to administer a sponsorship program that changes children's lives, but they have very little to work with. Computers are old and slow, internet connections are unreliable. Space in the office - well, there isn't much!

Will you help?

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Prasanna and Arpana Khaling are a married couple who formed the Sano Diyo (A Little Lighthouse) home in 2002 for just this reason. The Khalings are passionate about following God's call to rescue little girls who are neglected, abused, or at risk of being sold into prostitution. These beautiful children arrive at Sano Diyo to find a father and mother in Prasanna and Arpana, who provide a loving home for them.

Sano Diyo is a place of healing. Faces of sadness and fear gradually become faces of happiness and love as these girls learn what it is to be a valued member of a family. The great success story of Sano Diyo? These abandoned little girls grow into cheerful, confident, disciplined young women who, most importantly of all, love Jesus.

When you support the Sano Diyo project, you are part of a vital movement to save children from unimaginable lives.

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The junior high school at the village of Kanuwloe is in the beginning of the construction process, thanks to the Lord's provision through U.S. supporters.

Funding is needed for desks, cupboards, library tables, and chairs so the school can be ready for 150 junior high students. With all these pieces in place, teachers and students alike will be able to put their full attention on their studies.

Will you help to furnish the Kanuwloe Junior High School?

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