SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2024
Join us again this year either independently or with a local team to help us reach our goal of $100,000 CAD / $75,000 USD for the Nakekela HIV/AIDS Clinic and the Musawenkosi Christian Academy (MCA) in South Africa. These projects help alleviate, educate, and care for a community struggling with the impact of HIV / AIDS physically and spiritually. Thank you for participating and making a world of difference.
This year, we’re planning to bike on Saturday, June 1. In the past, teams have biked as little as 10 km, all the way up to 50 km+ in their local areas.
The Nakekela Clinic is a step-down clinic for HIV/AIDS patients in KwaMhlanga, South Africa, an area where the HIV/AIDS infection rate is over 50%. There are 20 beds in the clinic and a staff of nurses and doctors. Staff members visit and assess not only potential patients but also follow up with those who have already been discharged. Staff members also care for about 1500 patients annually through the home-based care program. The purpose of the clinic is to treat HIV/AIDS patients and to alleviate the horrible symptoms that accompany the disease while bringing the Word of God to the afflicted.
The Mukawenkosi Christian Academy is currently located on the grounds of the Mukhanyo Theological College in Kwamahlanga, South Africa. They are a K-7 grade school with about 110 students, 80% of which are impacted by some physical disability or family vulnerability. Many times these children come from homes affected by AIDS or they themselves have the HIV virus. By supporting the school’s operating costs you are assisting a broken generation to receive a Christian education, allowing them a different worldview than one of continual sadness.
Both the school and the clinic provide education and assistance to a community intensely broken by HIV/ AIDS, poor employment opportunities, severed families, and a rising drug problem. By biking, you are not only providing for the needy of this community but you are also providing the hope of the gospel that can transform lives, communities, and generations.
DONATE ONLINE
If you would like to support the Nakekela AIDS Clinic and the MCA School via an online donation, please click on the button below. From there, you will have the option to sponsor a specific individual, a team, or the fundraiser as a whole.
Canadian donors: You also have the option of sending an e-transfer to office@wordanddeed.org. Please be sure to indicate in the comments the team or individual who you are sponsoring. If you are a new donor, please send us a separate email with your mailing address in it, which will be needed for receipting purposes.
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CANADA
Word & Deed Ministries
P.O. Box 20100
St. Thomas, ON N5P 4H4
(Memo: Bikeathon – ‘Team Name’)
UNITED STATES
Word & Deed Ministries
PO Box 157
Hudsonville, MI 49426
(Memo: Bikeathon – ‘Team Name’)
CALL US
If you would like to make a donation over the phone or if you have a question about your donation, please contact our office:
1-877-375-9673 | office@wordanddeed.org
