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Our Call to Arise+Build

"Therefore, we His servants will arise and build." (Nehemiah 2:20)

This scripture, which was prayed over Hands at Work founders George and Carolyn Snyman upon graduation of bible school, continues to teach and challenge Hands at Work more than a decade later.

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Listen to George Snyman as he takes us deeper in to the book of Nehemiah and mirrors it with Hands' history.

Arise: Nehemiah's Story

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Read about Nehemiah's story and prayerfully consider its truths for yourself.

Arise: Dig In to Scripture

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Find out what the Bible has to say about a Christian response to the pandemic in Africa. Why should I care about orphans and widows? What is God’s expectation of us? What does God’s justice look like?

 

Jon was impacted by his time serving with Hands at Work in Africa last year. He knew he must do something to continue to make a difference with his life and the lives of vulnerable children in Africa.

You can play a part in building the wall.

Compassionate men and women across Africa are taking responsibility to care for the continent's most vulnerable children, and compassionate men and women across the world can do the same.

Hands at Work Arise and Build Advocates take responsibility for a vulnerable community in Africa by learning its story and finding ways to support and care for its children.

Here are two Arise and Build Advocates doing just that.


My Part of the Wall

Julia Essman

Julia Essman, a mom from Munich, Germany is mobilising her child's school to care for vulnerable children in DR Congo. “Ever since I visited the classrooms of my son’s school, kids run towards me wherever I go, asking about the children in Kiwewe village and telling me how much they appreciate the work..”

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Jon Mycio

Jon Mycio, a student from London, Ontario, Canada is mobilising his friends to care for the poor in Africa. While Jon was serving with Hands at Work in 2011 he sowed in to communities in South Africa and Zambia and the experiences he had sowed something deep in him too.

Now his university Bible Study has committed to sacrificing student luxuries so that children in Malawi can have a better life.

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