Did you know that April is Community Service month?  At Forgotten Voices we are passionate about local community service. Why? Because our model hinges on local volunteers in Southern Africa serving orphans in their local communities.  We encourage everyone here in the United States and all over the world to emulate their example.   [...]

Tags: Africa, children, church, community, forgotten voices, kids, love, orphan, orphans, partners, service, widows, zambia, zimbabwe
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The Kids Serving Kids ministry of Forgotten Voices International would like to introduce you to a free Vacation Bible School curriculum entitled Savannah Safari. Written by an experienced pastor and children’s ministry volunteers, this curriculum is themed around life in an African village.  It is designed to teach children how love H.E.L.P.S. others. H=Heal Others’ [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, children, community, education, forgotten voices, Giving, HIV/AIDS, kids, learning, orphans, prayer, zambia, zimbabwe
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  As we start a new year, Forgotten Voices’ Kids Serving Kids outreach has a new resource for you!  If you are anything like me, you may be looking for opportunities to engage your children in caring for those in need. We have launched a children’s newsletter complete with stories from Africa, African recipes, crafts, [...]

Tags: Africa, children, christians, church, education, forgotten voices, kids, learning, love, orphans, partners, pastors, prayer, zambia, zimbabwe
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  The New Year is always a very reflective time for me, particularly as a mom. The start of the year has become a time when I evaluate areas of strength and weakness in my children’s lives and begin new incentive or discipline plans. It’s also the ideal time to commit or recommit to regularly [...]

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While other children have been busy playing with new toys they received for Christmas, a six year old girl named Abby has been busy drawing and coloring artwork to sell.  Over Christmas break, Abby decided that she wanted to have a fundraiser to raise money for Forgotten Voices by selling her artwork. So between now [...]

Tags: #FVAfrica, Africa, children, forgotten voices, hope, kids, love, orphans
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I know a GPS works in a scientifically explainable way, but sometimes it seems like magic that a small box inside my car verbally directs and redirects me using information from unseen celestial bodies (a.k.a. satellites) above.  Even with a GPS sometimes I get confused where exactly I’m supposed to turn, merge, or exit. The [...]

Tags: #FVAdvent, advent, Africa, aids, children, christians, Christmas, church, forgotten voices, HIV/AIDS, kids, orphans, partners, pastors, zambia, zimbabwe
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I’m sad sometimes at the rush to get all the gifts we can, thinking that will make us happy. Then, we discover (again) that giving life to others is way better than getting a sweater. Our work in Africa has taught me that. Every day I have the good fortune of working to help leaders [...]

Tags: #FVAdvent, Africa, aids, forgotten voices, hope, Ryan Keith, zambia, zimbabwe
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It will be this Saturday. Since 1988, December 1st has been a day for global remembrance, awareness and action focused on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Few conversations about the work of Forgotten Voices  are without mention of HIV/AIDS. While not the only culprit leaving children orphaned in the areas we work, it is a terribly ruthless and [...]

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Right now in Zimbabwe (or Zambia) there is a quiet prayer being offered up to God. A pastor is kneeling before the Lord and asking for God to provide for a need that he has just voluntarily taken on by faith. He has just told a dying woman his church would care for her children [...]

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This morning I during my weekly call with Zimbabwe Director Bekithemba Moyo, we had a little extra time to chat about daily life, our families and prayer requests before getting into our meeting agenda. One of the many things I’ve learned from our friends in Zimbabwe and Zambia is to slow down and take time [...]

Tags: Africa, aids, children, counseling, development, farming, service, zimbabwe
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