The Wendo wa aka Ndiwa Women Group in Makueni consists of 15 widows from different denominations. When we visited them for the first time in 2023, the women expressed a desire to support each other in their widowhood and to help each member to be economically stable. To achieve this goal, they desired to meet regularly for [...]
As Ruth Carter Stapleton once stated that “Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most.” In this spirit, on December 19th, 2023, TLAfrica donated thirty-six female goats to thirty-six families in Cyuve, Musanze. These families reside in the areas surrounding the construction [...]
Can you imagine it? The entire world is in fear of this unknown virus that is killing millions. The cities are in lock-down. You've already been struggling to provide food and basic needs for you family. Steady work is hard to find. And when you get home, your disabled child needs your assistance. We're [...]
We lift our hands in praise to the Lord for His faithfulness and provision. The Sabbath Egg Poultry project began over a year ago with a vision. It was a three-part vision to A) meet a malnutrition need in the community, B) provide sustainable income for the TLAfrica Rwanda office and C) become a [...]
Scovia participates in TLAfrica's Women Empowerment Program. Scovia lives in the rural parts of Bungoma, Kenya. She received a cow from TLAfrica to help support her family through farming and agriculture. The cow provides milk for her family and to sell, while also providing much needed manure for her crops. Like many in the region, [...]
My name is William Lusige. My wife is Linet and we have been married for eight years. We have three children, Nicholas (7 years), Njeri (one and a half) and Joy (4 months) old. We are from Kakamega in Western Kenya where the rest of our extended family lives. My interest in pig farming started when [...]
"TUGIRURUKUNDO" SHEEP PROJECT, NYABIHU WOMEN GROUP Historical Background of the Project Nyabihu is a district in Western Province, Rwanda, which borders Eastern DR Congo, near Lake Kivu. Mukamira is the main city. The Nyabihu district is known for growing very good tea and great fishing for Tilapia. A group of 24 underprivileged women from a [...]
In September 2019, my husband and I were able to visit the Sabbath Egg sustainability project and THIU construction site. At that time, the Sabbath Egg building was just a shell of a structure with a plan and hope to become something more. With no doors or roof, only 4 brick walls, piles of [...]
Self-sustainability is a primary component of TLAfrica's mission. This includes sustainability on every level from the individual's way of life and faith, to the community, and the organization. The Pig Project in Nairobi is the sustainability project for the Kenya office. TLAfrica has built a pig farm and planted a corn field in a [...]
Rose Uwineza is one of the beneficiaries of the Women Empowerment Program (WEP) of TLAfrica. She lives in Goma, Keshero, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with her husband, Jacques Ahoba Ndeze, and their eleven children. She is a member of a local Baptist Church, Sayuni, and she has seen God providing for her family [...]