By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa
The children of the Kabale Father’s House are regular and active participants in their local church, St. Peter’s Cathedral. On a recent Sunday, we were so proud […]
By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa in Kampala, Uganda
In the beginning, the Gulu Father’s House was supposed to accommodate 100 children. But, then the government guidelines suggested smaller villages, so the GO […]
I’m still smiling after recent visits to our Ethiopian, Kale Hewyet (Word of Life) partner churches in Hossana and Koncko. They no longer see orphan care as a foreigners’ ministry. Rather, they view the Father’s House as their ministry, the ministry […]
From Malawi:
Last week a woman with a twelve-year-old boy and his eleven-year-old sister walked onto the grounds of Pothawira (Safe Haven), Malawi.
The children’s parents were dead. They had been living in Tonje with their elderly grandmother who could not […]
One of our KC church partners, World Harvest Church, has begun the process of developing an employment/training center for older youth in their community who don’t have families. The plan is simple: create a space for businesses who are […]
We are filled with joy by an update from Alison Barfoot, Executive Director of GO Africa, that children in need of family will soon be welcomed into The Father’s House in Koncko, Ethiopia.
From Alison:
Dear GO Family,
Nega, Zewudie (read her […]
Earlier this summer the church in Sarampet, India, welcomed children without family into The Father’s House. GO India’s Executive Director, Mary, recently sent us the story of one of these children – a little boy named Manikanta…
Manikanta came from […]
Where do children living in GO Project partner villages come from? It’s a common question with multiple answers. Some come out of the church family. More from the community. Every now and then the government actually brings them to […]
We’re not an outcomes driven ministry. Day by day, I hammer home to those working within GO Project that our ministry is to be faithful to the process of what we’re called to do. Give our utmost for His […]
“If you want a return this fall, invest in corn. If you want a return in 10 years, invest in trees. If you want a return 20, 50, 100 years from now, invest in a person.”
This African proverb took […]