The Village Help Foundation is in need of school supplies for this school year. School begins Monday, September 11 in Uganda. There are 52 students this school year. We are in need of school uniforms, all sizes. We are also in need of supplies such as backpacks, pens and paper. Textbooks are needed as well as school fees. Any donation will go to school funds and preparation for this coming school year.
God makes no mistakes...
(By Mark Kordic, Village Help Foundation Board Member)
Four days before Christmas, 2017, I received a special present when a neurostimulation unit was surgically implanted in my lower back, attached to my spinal cord. Finally, the searing pain in my lower legs and feet subsided as the unit blocked pain signals to my brain.
But one month later, infection had settled in the implant, and my long-awaited pain-blocking unit was removed during emergency surgery at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth. To say I was disappointed was certainly an understatement.
However, as I awoke following surgery, I was being cared for by a very tall, very pleasant African man who was a patient technician. Gatjang Deng told me he was from South Sudan, and he had formed a foundation to help orphans in the world’s newest country obtain a Christian education. I was immediately drawn to his compassionate nature and extraordinary vision for the next generation in war-torn South Sudan.
I was involved with prayer and financial teams focused on supporting trauma-healing workshops in South Sudan. So we wondered out loud about the possibility of collaboration. He left the room and unbeknownst to either of us, we each began to daydream about our providential encounter.
Over the next few months, Deng would contact me to further our discussion. I told him I didn’t see how I could assist him, given my limited availability due to my severe chronic peripheral neuropathy pain.
Then in April, 2018, my wife Paula and I took the trip of a lifetime to Jordan and Israel. The trip brought us both closer in fellowship with God than we’ve experienced in many years. As we took time to visit the places where Jesus walked 2,000 years ago, Scripture like Psalm 22 came to life. In particular, these two verses:
"The whole earth will acknowledge the Lord and return to Him. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him … Our children will also serve Him. Future generations will hear about the wonders of the Lord." — Psalm 22:27, 30
I immediately thought of the 250,000 orphans of South Sudan and our friend Deng’s vision of new life for each of them. I determined to do all I could to partner with Deng in this adventure of seeing God transform the lives of a new generation of young leaders.
God makes no mistakes. I believe the encounter in the hospital was not a coincidence but a providential meeting to advance God’s Kingdom in East Africa.
Support Orphans in Africa : Village Help Foundation
Our Founder, Gatjang Deng lived through unimaginable horror as an orphan & child soldier in war-torn South Sudan.
"Our Next Steps Together" describes not only his journey but solutions to help educate and empower the next generation of Sudanese orphans.
VHF provides relief to a child in danger of :
South Sudan has over 250,000 orphans as a
result of 50 years of civil war.
Impending famine is just one problem wreaking havoc across the country. Getting involved in the lives of South Sudan’s orphans doesn’t necessarily flying to the capital city of Juba and crossing "the pond" of the Atlantic.
The conflict, harsh weather conditions and evacuation of communities has made it incredibly difficult to access clean water. The fighting has made it difficult to get to water, and heavy rains have contaminated the supply. Prior to the conflict access to clean water in some areas of the country was already difficult.
Here are five ways that you can get involved today!
Thanks for taking a step towards empowering orphans of South Sudan to be the leaders of East Africa tomorrow!
villagehelpfoundation.org