Since 2013, FUMC has been partnering with Zoe Empowers to facilitate orphans and vulnerable children moving out of extreme poverty to sustainably productive lives. In just three years, heads of orphaned households - some as young as 14 - become entrepreneurs, farmers, butchers, hairstylists, welders and tailors.
Our newest Empowerment Group is called the Uphenho "Life" Macate Group in Mozambique.
They were formed in October 2023 - and will graduate September 2026. Click here to see the group.
In Rwanda, the first-year groups had a Christmas party. They took a video of the children celebrating their first Christmas as a family. To see the video, click here.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord, “plans to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11).