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Spero Group is part of a community of like-minded organizations that serve the impoverished of the world; those hard hit by the Sub-Saharan AIDS crisis and the global water crisis. We form part of the body of organizations that wishes to stand in the gap. Join us in our fight in the impoverished areas of the world, to help these people become self-sustaining, healthy, thriving families and communities. Become a partner of Spero Group. |
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Tumai is a non-profit based both in the United States and in South Africa. They are the coordinating arm of Spero Group and manage most projects on an on-going basis. Tumai’s
focus is to transform one person, one village at a time by creating
hope in providing for basic and secondary needs through holistic
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To do this, Tumai partners with grassroots organizations that have a presence in the townships and the relationships already established with local tribal leaders and local government officials to achieve their goals. When Tumai enters a township they perform a needs analysis of the people and with the help of local grassroots organizations. This is done to tailor programs for the affected communities and maximize Tumai’s effect. ____________________________ |
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 Pro Africa Foods |
Pro Africa, based in Pretoria, South Africa, saw the need to produce food for impoverished communities that contains a much higher nutrion content than is currently available. Most food and food packs used in these communities has almost no nutrition value at all. Pro Africa provides aid and training to farm communities to assist these communities to be self-sufficient, then buys crops from these communities for the production of their food packs. Spero Group has partnered with Pro Africa since April of 2006. | ||||
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| Interaction with Jim Cantelon, founder of Visionledd directly fostered the inspiration the founders of Spero Group needed to create this company. Spero Group will be fortunate indeed if it can grow to provide evena fraction of the help that Visionledd has been able to accomplish. | |||||
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As I stood on the sandy soils of Africa, over 5 years ago, I saw a land with great potential. But this land was trembling on the precipice of the world's greatest disaster. And I asked: "Where is the church?" God birthed in me a dream... that the local churches would become indispensable leaders, activist and caregivers in the battle against HIV/AIDS. When God showed me the local church, I saw a Mother Teresa. I saw the sick being cared for by the healthy, I saw the North American Church and the African Church working together as partners. And I understood that God was asking Kathy and I to take the risk of talking to the churches, pleading with them to act. Visionledd was formed to equip and empower these churches to be the hands and feet of Christ as they minister to the orphans and widows devastated by HIV/AIDS. - Jim Cantelon, Visionledd ____________________________ |
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Comparing the 9000 being reached to the forecasted 3 million in SA by 2010, it was a wake-up call: more must be done. By 2010 there could be 40 million orphans in Sub-Saharan Africa. And the vision of reaching 100,000 children by 2010 was born. In accordance with international standards of orphan care, Hands at Work does not say it “cares” for an orphan until it provides the child at least three of the essential components of care for orphans and vulnerable children. Here is a breakdown of those components: Shelter and Care, Protection, Education and Vocational Training, Health Care, Food and Nutritional Support, Psychosocial Support and Mental Health, Economic Opportunity/Strengthening. Notes from Spero Group: Hands at Work was recognized by the U.N. in 2003 as having the best home-based care in the world. Their mission and their work of servicing widows and orphans is unparalelled in Africa (and probably the world). They are dedicated, no-nonsense servants and they carry our deepest respect. ____________________________ |
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| "To help eradicate
extreme poverty by making safe drinking water available to all people” Southern Tridents has the following mission: ”Our mission is threefold. We want to: |
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Africa requires people with a servant’s heart—people who aren’t looking to aggrandize or find themselves. People who simply see that there’s a job to do and do it for the sake of love. People who pick up the basin and the towel and humbly wash the feet of the suffering. - Jim Cantelon, When God Stood Up |
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