by GCF | Sep 28, 2023 | blog
Healthy love is a fundamental need we all have, but for some, it’s sadly not there to receive. I’m sitting in my office reading through a brochure about ending institutional care in Africa. A quote from a young person growing up in a children’s home stands out the...
by GCF | Jun 27, 2023 | blog
Have you thought about how often something has a ripple effect on something else? If it is empowering and positive it can be amazing to follow, if only from a distance. Give a Child a Family Africa (GCF) has been running the updated parenting skills programme,...
by GCF | Jun 15, 2023 | blog
Sjoe, it’s sobering to be in such a place as Bhambayi, thinking of the challenges, concerns, and fears its people live with daily. Today, I was surrounded by the brave women of our society, in an area that houses 75,000 living in makeshift housing. It is the second...
by GCF | May 30, 2023 | blog
Imagine this. Your phone rings at the most inconvenient time. You recognise the number and know immediately that you must answer. You are needed now! A social worker is on the other side of the line telling you that a baby is at risk and has been removed from the...
by GCF | Dec 21, 2022 | blog
I was going to the chicken farm in Gayridge to buy chicken when I saw a building that had a sign written The Place of Restoration (previous name of the organisation) on it. I thought it was a church as there was a Bible verse underneath the name Place of Restoration,...
by KAYLA PALFRAMAN | Dec 20, 2022 | blog
This year, I celebrated my 10th anniversary at GCF, and I often think back to when I started working at Give a Child a Family in November 2012. The dining hall was packed with staff members and children, and I cried while listening to the beautiful worship by the...