SHADE

Sojourner; Help, Advocacy, Development, Education

History of SHADE! Established in 1999 by Tembo Kalenga, David Ilunga, and

Greg Andrews

! Began through the Woodstock Methodist Church and still maintains a strong bond

! Due to personal experiences of displacement, the vision of SHADE was born!

! By Linking with other displaced peoples in South Africa, the connections with the rest of the continent were made, creating SHADE’s Sister 2 Sister Project

! Because of the huge number of at-risk children around the area, SHADE began it’s youth program, Le Berceau (The Cradle)

What We Believe

! Vision

– SHADE is a place of welcome that builds bridges for a united future of peace and development.

! Mission

– SHADE is a project of the Woodstock Methodist Church that seeks to provide a safe, inclusive community in which sojourners:

! Can create opportunities for development

! Are empowered to assert their human rights

! Can educate others to appreciate shared human dignity

SHADE’s Programs

! Many diverse programs:– Empowerment Program

! Sister 2 Sister! Poverty Alleviation! Le Berceau (Youth Program)

– Caring Program! Feeding Programs! Home Based Care! Maternity Centers! Orphans and Vulnerable

Children

– Healing Program! Support Groups for HIV/

AIDS patients! Counseling

– Development Program! Construction ! Small Business! Satellite Projects

– Advocacy Program! Refugee Program! Disaster Management

– Education Program! Women/Men Tujenge! Youth Tujenge! Leadership Training! Literacy Programs! Life Skills Training

Our Programs

! Sister 2 Sister

– SHADE wants to empower women with the right tools and knowledge to care for their communities.

– Sister to Sister connects women throughout Africa in a network of support and encouragement.

Sister 2 Sister

Our Programs

! Poverty Alleviation

– SHADE has started several food gardens and fish ponds in some of the satellites across Africa

– Poultry farms are one of the best ways for a community to raise money and become self-sufficient

Poverty Alleviation

Our Programs

! Le Berceau

– SHADE wants to help sojourner children cope with experienced trauma and violence in their lives and to expose them to positive situations and relationships in

their community to help them grow.

! Weekly gathering where youth can have fun in a safe and accepting environment

! Monthly day trips to enrich the youth with a sense of culture and an awareness of the world around them

! Annual camp which empowers the youth to be positive leaders and to make smart decisions throughout their lives

Le Berceau

Feeding Program

! SHADE feels that hunger is one of the worst human-made disasters in the world, but it hurts children the most

! We want to ensure that vulnerable children have access to at least one meal per day so that they grow in a healthy way

! SHADE has 16 feeding programs in 10 African countries

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Home Based Care

! No one can predict the future- NOW is the time to care for those who are suffering

! SHADE is ensuring that the community is involved in combating the reality of those who are suffering

! SHADE wants to revive the spirit of Ubuntu in Africa (I am who I am because of others)

! There are 16 Home Based Care programs in 16 African countries

Home Based Care

Maternity Clinics! SHADE defines maternity as the place

where life starts- in the real world! Life is very precious so we need to put

dignity back into the place where it begins

! In Africa, we have a very high mortality rate (especially for babies) because of a lack of proper health services

! There are plans for 4 maternities to be built in DRC, Namibia, Malawi, and Swaziland

Maternity Clinics

Orphans and ! There are millions of orphans and many

more vulnerable children due to poverty, war, and disease.

! Those children are in danger of being trafficked and sold for cheap labor, drugs, or sex

! SHADE believes that these children have the right to food, shelter, and an education

! SHADE supports 10,000 OVC in 20 African countries

OVC

Support Groups

! SHADE aims to ensure that the people we serve do not feel rejected and that they do not suffer alone

! Support groups will help them to find others who are sharing their pain; to help them uplift them and understand their current situation, give answers to their questions, and build hope for the future

! SHADE has 4 support groups– HIV positive women

– Orphans

– Vulnerable Children

– Women Working for Change

Support Groups

Counseling

! SHADE believes that there will be no future in Africa without psychological support

! The enormous crisis that Africa is facing today is that there is no hope for a better future- There is a way forward!

! SHADE has 8 counseling rooms-where people can go share their problems

Counseling

Construction

! SHADE wants to build multi-purpose halls and poultry sheds in 16 African countries by 2020

– Multi purpose halls have been built in Lesotho, Zambia, and currently in Malawi! Used for feeding orphans

! Used as space for school

! Can be used to bring in money for the community by renting for functions

– Poultry sheds have been built in Lesotho, Zambia, and currently in DRC and Malawi

Small Business

! There is a big gap between the rich and poor in Africa- half of the population is below the poverty level

! Financial freedom and self-sufficiency is needed

! Entrepreneurial mentorship is the solution

! 50 women in 10 African countries have successful stories of their small businesses with the help of SHADE

Small Business

Satellites

– 28 Satellites all over Africa

! The satellite projects are focused on combating HIV/AIDS, poverty, and violence as well as encouraging community development at the grass roots level

! Mostly in rural areas- DRC, Malawi,

Swaziland, Zambia, Mozambique, South

Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, and

Zimbabwe, and so on…

Satellites

Refugee Program

! People in Africa are seeking peaceful refuge because of war, poverty, and violence

! Displacement is caused by many factors (economic, political, religious, etc)

! SHADE wants to ensure that sojourners build bridges in order to unite Africa

! SHADE facilitates papers and information for refugees at Home Affairs

! SHADE gives a voice to those who are unable to use their own

Refugee Program

Disaster Management

! In times of catastrophe and trauma we must comfort and protect the lives of people

! There must be a sense of order among the chaos

! SHADE provides disaster management workshops and basic needs to those who are suffering a disaster

! We also provide anger/stress management in these situations

Disaster Management

Women’s Tujenge (Let ! 67% of women in Africa are infected or

affected by HIV/AIDS because of lack of information, gender and cultural issues, and fear/silence

! SHADE provides training through education and empowerment for women from 20 African countries

! This international conference (Tujenge) is held annually with 5 days of training on various topics and themes

Including the Men

! The patriarchal system is still very powerful in the lives of the African people

! SHADE provides training for men in rural areas so that they can deal with the empowerment of the women as well as re-evaluating the beliefs about men’s roles in society

! This is also an international training on various themes to tackle many difficult issues

Youth Tujenge

! During the training of the women and men, SHADE also offers a training for the youth/children

! Because of their current situations, many children are forced to leave school and start work at a young age, or worse, to lead a life of crime

! SHADE believes that the hope for tomorrow is within the children

! Many topics are discussed in this international training in order to give the children a better sense of hope and to lead them in the right direction

Leadership Training

! The lack of leadership skills in Africa causes crises on many levels

! The systems of power corruption are reaching the undeveloped areas on this continent

! SHADE provides capacity building and training for satellite leaders to motivate them to lead from their heart

! A 5 day international training is held on different leadership topics that will help in the transformation of Africa

Education Programs

Literacy Program

! 4 out of 10 women and children are illiterate- this adds to the many reasons that women are seen as secondary citizens

! SHADE initiated a literacy program to offer women and children basic education

! SHADE is giving them a better understanding of the world and their current situation in order to help them move past it

Literacy Program

Life Skills Training

! Poverty is destroying the continent

! SHADE is empowering people to use the abilities that they have in order to put bread on the table

! SHADE is providing life skills training that will last for 6 months at a time so that the graduates will be useful to their community and have an increased sense of self-worth

Life Skills Training

SHADE Staff! Rev Tembo Kalenga-Director

! Rev. Greg Andrews- Chair Person

! Rev. David Ilunga- Project Manager

! Pst. Retha Benade- Human Resources

! Philomene Luyindula- Asst. Program Manager

! Charlotte Mande- Sister2Sister Coordinator

! Brittany Brooks- Le Berceau Coordinator

! Vixa Kalenga- Le Berceau Field Worker

! Lorna Petro- Book Keeper

! Linda Kwalie- Receptionist

How to Give to SHADE! UMCOR/GBGM

– Advance Number: 180001

! COR (Church of the Resurrection)– Contact Jonathon Bell

! Director of Mission Ministries

! (913) 554-0790

! For International Transfers– Standard Bank

! Account Number: 071133917

! Branch Code: 051001

! Swift Code: SPZA ZAJJ

Thank You!