Kalebuka Seminar

Rev. Maile, guest speaker at Kalebuka Seminar

On June 10, 2007, Child Action sponsored the Kalebuka Seminar in an effort to develop a common strategy to respond to increasing numbers of orphans and street kids. The seminar brought together 20 volunteers from local churches in Kasungami.

Pastor Maile, the guest speaker, is a member of Youth Ministries of South Africa. Based on his analysis of the on-going work of churches, he declared that church members must resolve to work on programs of care to ensure that our communities are fully informed about the reality of the HIV/AIDS crisis and acting to support and sustain those affected by the epidemic.

“All human beings are created in God’s image,” Pastor Maile said, “and therefore have intrinsic value and dignity.” He stressed that people infected with HIV/AIDS are loved and accepted by God and are full and equal members of the human community. He urged church people to be especially aware and sensitive to the special needs and concerns of those who are most ill so that “those who have to die will die in peace, fully aware that they are leaving behind a caring world for their orphaned children.”

“To leave such children unassisted,” he said, “is a moral dilemma, and there are also serious crime and public health risks to the community and society.”

“We must move beyond yourselves to serve those who need so much,” he pleaded.

Bro. Njimbu of Child Action and Rev. Maile visiting with children at Kasungami

Rev. Maile's Bible gifts to Kasungami Child Action members


The team; their mission: Proverbs 22:6