encompassKids group of children and volunteers

Changing destinies of kids and families of South Africa

WAMKELEKILE … O AMOHELEHILE … WELCOME!

Enduring Purpose

The purpose of encompassKids is to change the destiny of the kids and youth of South Africa from the current reality of poverty, abuse, addiction, and HIV to one of hope with the expectation for spiritual, emotional, physical, social, academic and economic well-being.

We do this through our two initiatives:

Courage Youth

and

Setshabelo Family and Child Services

Meet the Team

Future Begins in the Family!

This approach mobilizes local churches and communities to provide adoption and family-based care for orphans and vulnerable children while also providing services to empower stronger families.

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Courage Youth is changing the destinies of South African youth and giving them spiritual, emotional, physical, social, academic, and economic resources to combat the current reality of poverty, abuse, addiction, violence, and HIV.

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December Prayer Requests

Prayer Laborers, As you may remember, the school year in South Africa begins in mid-January and ends in mid-November yielding a two-month summer vacation that also includes Christmas and New Years. Please join us as we look back with gratitude on the school year just ended and look ahead with anticipation to the year ahead. ~ Courage Youth Lead Team, Life Coaches & Management Committee The team during this year's annual planning session. For more pics please be sure to foll

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November Prayer Requests

Prayer Laborers, This month please pray by school for the Courage Youth ministry. Thank you for interceding on behalf of Courage Youth staff, schools and, most importantly, Courage Youth learners. ~ Courage Youth Lead Team, Life Coaches & Management Committee Mafori Mphahle High School Tlaleng Mokoena Praise. We thank God for His presence and for always leading us in doing His work. Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20 Petition. We ask

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Stories of Hope

From the Court of Despair to the Call of Justice

How one young woman’s journey from hardship to healing shows the power of faith, mentorship, and love in transforming South Africa’s youth through Courage Youth.

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Parents Need Camp, too

Remember the Courage Youth Camp you helped make possible? The transformation that began there didn’t stop with the young people — it’s spreading through their families. The Courage Youth children have been so deeply changed by what they’ve learned at camp and through our ongoing programs that their parents began asking for help too — for tools to understand their children, and to heal their own hearts. Thanks to your support, we were able to say yes. For the first time eve

Stories

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