by marieke | May 18, 2020 | covid response, Social Action
Our global future is nothing like our past. The world is reeling as it wrestles to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation that lies in its wake. What does this struggle look like for the continent with the world’s highest population growth...
by marieke | Apr 28, 2020 | covid response, Foxfires, Impact Stories - Foxfires, Kenya, Social Action, youth
Discipleship in the midst of a pandemic. The Kenya Foxfires Youth Empowerment Program 2020 started off with great expectations and zeal. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, the team completed their induction training and then participated in the following: A mission in...
by marieke | Apr 23, 2020 | covid response, Ghana, Social Action
Human, not heroes. As part of their response to the coronavirus pandemic, Ghana’s AE team will be providing food parcels to impoverished community members. The team has also chosen to reach out to another vulnerable group at this time: healthcare workers. Across the...
by jean | Apr 16, 2020 | covid response, Kenya, Social Action
Masked, but not silenced A Kenyan response to the COVID-19 crisis In Kenya, more than 80% of the working population are engaged in informal employment, and it is the livelihoods of these informal labourers that are devastated by COVID-19 related Public Health...
by jean | Apr 16, 2020 | covid response, Social Action, South Africa
AE South Africa Covid Response As of the 15th of April 2020, South Africa had 2,415 confirmed coronavirus cases, the highest number in Africa. Although the novel coronavirus pandemic has not yet caused widespread devastation in South Africa, there is serious concern...
by jean | Apr 1, 2020 | Ghana, Social Action
The current world-wide technological revolution, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, will not escape Africa. According to a recent briefing by the World Economic Forum, (WEF) Sub-Saharan Africa has yet to optimise its use of human capital in this regard....
