South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A baby girl who is thought to have been born last night or in the early hours of this morning was picked up among reeds in a flowing stream in Kuwadzana, Harare and brought to Dawnview Children’s Home, said Tatenda Gunguwo of Voice of Peace an NPO which cares for […]
Five South African Christian artists, Retief Burger, Stella, Ruan Josh, Jo Britton (Jolani Fourie) and Brian O’Neill joined forces to create a song, The Calling, to raise awareness of abandoned babies. The song was written by Jo Britton who was deeply touched and moved after hearing the story of an […]
Originally published in Christian Today A mother who left her newborn son in a manger at a New York City church will not face criminal charges for giving him up, a prosecutor has said. A custodian on Monday found the crying infant with his umbilical cord still attached wrapped in […]
DVD sales will benefit children’s mission Christian Art Media in association with Focus on the Family and Provident Films, will release “The Drop Box” (view trailer here) in June 2015. This feature-length documentary tells the story of one man’s efforts to protect and care for newborn babies who might have […]
In the lead up to International FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Day on September 9, Home of Hope, a Cape Town based child protection organisation, has launched a campaign to create awareness about FASD, and the dangers of consuming alcohol while pregnant. Home of Hope is a faith based Christian […]
These children from New Hope Centre in Swaziland have spent the past week ministering in schools in and around East London as well at a retirement complex where they shared their messages of hope through their lifetestimonies, song and drama. The children were all orphaned as a result of losing […]
A girl of 12, who was abandoned under a tree 10 years ago after losing both her parents to Aids, will be ministering along with five other children from New Hope Centre, Swaziland, in East London over the next ten days. The incredible story of Jedidah Abraham, is told in […]
Amidst negative statistics showing that around 32 000 children are abandoned each year in the Eastern Cape, there are heartening testimonies of ordinary citizens doing extraordinary work in the province. Jonathan and Tracy King, founders of The King’s Children’s Home, are a prime example, taking in as many as 20 […]
Originally published in Mission Network News In South Africa, it’s not uncommon to find dead babies in plastic bags at the local dump. It usually happens about twice a month, according to Operation Mobilization. “The babies that are found are usually in buckets, old tires, or containers,” Patience Maselela told OM […]
In 2009 there was a spate of murders in Pietermaritzburg, Kwa Zulu Natal in which mothers killed their unwanted babies. Some of the babies were as old as 3 months when they were murdered and some gruesome methods — such as screwdriver through the head — were used to kill them. One baby survived […]