Introducing Neatness

Meet Neatness, age 14. Hear her story of courage, hope, and love. Neatness' last words to us before we left her were these: "I hope my story helps thousands of kids, just like me, all around me."

Giving Voice to the Forgotten

Follow the travels of Ryan and friends, as they work with Forgotten Voices around southern Africa and the USA. Read interesting stories from the ground and get the very latest from our partners in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and the USA.

How can I help?

Often under trees in their home village, over 500 people die every day from AIDS related illnesses in Zimbabwe and Zambia, leaving a daily average of 1,000 children orphaned by AIDS.

Featured Project - Mtshabezi AIDS Programme, BICC

Impact: 2,400 school Fees, 400 VCT Clients, 125 schools for the Peer Education Programme, 800 home based care workers trained & 500 HBC kits distributed.

Featured Project - Evangelical Church of Zambia

Impact: 48 primary and secondary kids, as well as 20 trained in homebased care, as well as funding to supply orphans and caretakers with health & food needs

Featured Project - Lubuto Church of Christ

Impact: Currently helping 21 children back to school (with a goal of 80) and sewing/empowerment projects for 32 widows; construction of a hammer mill that is used for grinding corn, providing sustainability.

Featured Project - Free Methodist Church

Impact: 26 kids in primary school. The husband and wife that lead this ministry fled Rwanda in opposite directions during an attack on their village during the country’s vicious genocide.

Featured Project - The Rock Church

Impact: 30 primary students; 200 person church receiving access to clean water now; farm will feed 23 children; new well and pump producing 300L a minute and providing clean water to an estimated 500-1,000 people

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We are demonstrating the love of Jesus Christ by equipping local churches in southern Africa to meet the physical & spiritual needs of children orphaned by AIDS in their communities.

We are focused on locally developed and run orphan care to protect the voices of pastors, community leaders, and the children they serve.

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Follow our blog for updates from Africa and the USA

Check out our Resources page to learn more about HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Africa

DONATE: TIME, TALENTS, and RESOURCES

Make a financial investment in Forgotten Voices, either once or as a monthly donor.

Donate time as a volunteer. Check our our volunteer page often for new ways to help.

SHARE THEIR STORY & OURS

Read about local African led projects, meet the kids, and watch the videos

Then, tell 5 people about WWW.FORGOTTENVOICES.ORG

SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR US

Every time you search the internet, use GoodSearch.com (powered by Yahoo!). You can designate Forgotten Voices to receive $0.01 for every search! Already we've raised over $800.00. Tell your friends! We also have a Facebook Group for this!

HOST: Get some friends together and hold an event to benefit Forgotten Voices. Try an ice cream social, open mic night, coffeehouse, comedy night, dinner, fun gathering, movie, athletic tournament or anything else really. Get creative! Let us know how we can help you pull it off. Need brochures? Video? PowerPoint? A speaker? Email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

RESEARCH PROJECTS: If you're a student with dreaded homework assignments or you just like to research stuff, this is for you! We need research on Africa-related topics across a wide-range of college majors and issues. Click here to get involved.

OTHER: Use your creative juices; how about a lemonade stand for the neighborhood, a t-shirt sale, bake sale, spare change jar, craft show or simply ask people to help you empower orphans in Africa?