Reachout To Africa

C4L Canada is now

Reachout To Africa

C4L Canada has recently changed our name to better reflect the the goals and purposes of our organization. We continue to provide people, finances and resources to the orphans and vulnerable children of Southern Africa.

Reachout To Africa is focused on the development of resilience building and educational services and facilities in Southern Africa. We provide spiritual, logistical and financial support to vulnerable children and young adults who want to develop themselves and their communities. We do this by building financial support from individuals, churches, corporations and governments. We manage ourselves in all areas according to generally accepted accounting standards and practices.

The whole African continent is experiencing capacity shrinkage. The two main reasons for this are the Brain Drain and the AIDS pandemic. Africans are emigrating at an alarming rate. Combined with those who are incapacitated by AIDS, there is actually a more acute need for capacity building today, than ever before. Key professions like teaching, nursing and engineering are being depleted. This is having a knock-on effect when it comes to the social services. Governments in particular have to re-think their roles in terms of service delivery. More than they might have liked simply has to be devolved to people and groups at the grass roots. This is the order of the day, and another consequence is that Africa will need significant numbers of collaborators/Volunteers from overseas to shore up its sagging social services. These volunteers need to come with attitudes that allow them to transfer know-how to those they work with; this mode of learning is one that C4L Canada is using more and more.....

Have you ever considered sponsoring a young youth leader in Southern Africa to help them achieve their educational goals. To read more about this project go here

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

(Nelson Mandela)

Volunteer opportunities: (Vancouver based)

- Website developer

- Marketing and Communications Volunteer

Wire Art

Read Redeemer's story here

Registered Charity

Number: 840045074RR0001

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Join Reachout To Africa's

June/July 2009 Volunteer Team

Includes South Africa and Swaziland

For volunteer applications go here (PDF) or here (Online)

For more details contact Nick Short e-mail: info@C4LC.org

June/July 2009

Trip details

See who's been before

25/05/2009

The next team is busy preparing themselves to go to Orchard Camp and Hope camp on June 19th 2009. If you are interested in supporting this team please got to our donations page.

01/01/2009

Reachout To Africa is excited to announce that we have reached a formal agreement with Thrive Africa to support them and their volunteer staff coming from Canada. We look forward to a close working relationship as we jointly fight the aftermath of the AIDS Pandemic in Southern Africa.

11/16/2008

The next team of volunteers is about to depart for Orchard Camp, Mpumalanga this week. Please pray for their planning and preparation.

11/07/2008

On November 7th C4L Canada hosted a very successful fundraising dinner and silent auction in Vancouver, Canada.

08/29/2008

We will be hold a RACE AROUND AFRICA at Deep Cove Canoe and Kayak club on Tuesday 9th September 2008 in support of Nancy Dixon and her daughter who will be going to Africa to work with AIDS orphans and vulnerable children in November 2008. For details see http://www.deepcovekayak.com

07/25/2008

Applications are now being received for the team departing November 20th 2008.

Reference Materials

Orphans and vulnerable youth in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe