Bread Brings Education, Health and Hope

Bread Brings Education, Health and Hope By, Jessie Manzer on July 5, 2016 “Chawama is Yawama!” shout a group of children outside World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Lusaka, Zambia. Inside, bakers are preparing their daily fresh bread. Aside from their deliciously baked bread, Chawana bakery offers much more. It helps provide children with education and […]


A Day To Remember: Africa Freedom Day

A Day to Remember: Africa Freedom Day In honor of May 25th known as Africa Freedom Day, students are adorned in traditional African dress and perform a delightful play at school that features various cultural music and dances. The highly symbolic colors of green, red, black and orange are displayed in the clothes and on […]


Orphans Recieve TOMS Shoes!

Imagine walking through streets filled with broken beer bottles, human waste and mud after a heavy storm. Now imagine the pain of walking through those streets with no shoes on every day of your life. For many children in Africa, this is their reality. Without shoes, children in impoverished communities stop going to school to […]


My first mission trip

This is my first mission trip.  Starting out on a trip to Africa has been an amazing experience. Today we ran our second Orphan Day for the children that live near St. Moses church. The children ranged in age from about 2 to 12.  Some of the children are true orphans while others are considered […]