operation refugee Africa NPC
THE VISION
Operation refugee is a YWAM Christian ministry aiming to give refugees who have fled from war torn countries a new opportunity in life. We aim to do this by mobilising funds to place those that applied for a Discipleship Trainings School (DTS) in YWAM out of their refugee camp and into the various locations they applied for. By sponsoring their education we seek to help them to help themselves. We believe in intelligent compassion. THE MISSION STATEMENT We are going to do this by running a funding campaign amongst Christian churches and individuals, bringing information and understanding about the plight of the refugees as legitimate victims of violence, political unrest and war. By setting up a fund that is solely used for refugees we plan to pay for their lecture phase and help them with the legitimate papers for the UN, transport and placing into chosen YWAM bases worldwide. In this way we provide healing, education, opportunity and a new chance in life for those that are legitimate victims of war and that are talented, eager and willing to help themselves if given the opportunity. Today’s refugee crisis is the biggest in history as 60,000,000 people all over the world are currently displaced. As we can mobilise everybody we will be able to use this golden opportunity to disciple the nations . Please pray about this and hear from the Holy Spirit. JOIN US AS PRAYER PARTNER/ VOLUNTEER/ SPONSOR
Wikus Vorster (Operation Refugee Coordinator) [email protected] Directors Johannes Wessels [email protected] Wikus Vorster [email protected] Yvotte Brits [email protected] |
Our First two sponsored DTS students - Malawi
TESTIMONY
“We are Tresor Mpenzi and Jimmy Ntwali from DRC living in Malawi as refugee in a refugee camp from 2012. Life in camp is really hard that is not easy to be in a good relationship with God but we thank God that he didn't let us down. The other good side of the camp is that some people because of the badness of life choose to seek God We had a habit of praying but really in sense of following the movement (YWAM)but God kept on revealing himself to us in different ways. It was in April that we met a team of YWAM from South Africa in their outreach in the camp. they explained us what is YWAM and how it works and ask us to join the movement if we were interested. Most of people around 50 candidates including ourselves registered to join the movement but there was a big challenge to every body: paying the school fees. But the leader Mr Wikus promised that with God they will see what to do. I don't know for really what they did but I can guess a fund rising and get some money for only two guys to join DTS in YWAM Blantyre . luck enough the two of us were chosen among others and now we are in Blantyre. It started on 26/08 we are a class of 25 students. God is doing big things with us and we are looking forward to what is next. How I wish for my friends who have that passion of joining YWAM for knowing God and make him known to get such a sponsorship them too so they may meet God and serve him. I hope to have our outreach fees to be payed too to experience God gift in us and make him known. God bless every body involved in this project. In Jesus name Amen.” BURSARIES: YWAM Potch is a Non Profit Organisation and the bank account is being audited by accountants every year. We plan to start in Dzaleka Refugee camp and after we reach 200 DTS students we’ll start looking at other refugee camps as well. DONATIONS: PayPal is a safe international system
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IMANI KIMBAMBAZI Steven
I'm a Congolese citizen I come from a Christian family with 8 siblings temporarily living in Malawi
My life story
I am 35 years old and single. I was a refugee for 16 years in different refugee camps and different countries. In 2000 because of on-going wars which was a lot for me to handle and to understand in the year of 2000 I was kidnapped with my brother Fahamu and the rebels tried to kill us because they wanted our bike, we had to choose either our lives or our bike and I remember they told us to run and don’t look back, if you look back we are going to kill you both. After that it became harder and harder. It was then I decided to leave and not experience such life. But running from home to the refugee camp was not easy for me because when we were on the boat crossing the Lake Tanganyika the boat could not cross because of the wind. So had to go ashore in the middle of nowhere to wait for the water to come down but it was not really good because in that place we found a lot of rebel soldier and keep us for 2 weeks without food. We could only eat cassava roots. I have been living for 16 years living as a refugee, trying to get help but it keeps getting harder, these are the refugee camps I visited.
BEFORE
One night I was crying to God complaining about my life. I heard a voice calling on my name saying that my son you were not born to suffer. Stop complaining and angry at me you the one choose such life and run far from me. If you come back to me I will restore back your identity and your mind. You are truly going to be my son. from that time I started to remember to go to church and praying again, I start dreaming traveling in different places in my mind was thinking God is telling me to go back home but my calling was to do mission. I remember asking my parents to buy me ticket to go back home my father stop me and ask me to do discipleship training school , he then send to me YWAM address ‘ ywampotch.com’ at the time i did not have a good phone to go on internet . After receiving forms I was excited to ask my father who will pay for my school fees. HIs answer was to pray and ask God. It was really a new experience to me that I can trust God for my school fees. When I was praying for school fees God told me to sell all my belongings and go to school. It was the beginning of my life change. After selling all my stuff the money was very small. After starting school God provided even my outreach fees that were paid by different people most of them are kid’s age of 12-15. In my DTS God did many miracles and showed how much he loves me. And my identity In Christ was restored.
AFTER DTS
After my DTS and outreach I went back home to meet with m my family after 16 years of life as a refugee. Everyone at home was exited to meet with me again even aunties, uncles and cousins were happy to meet with them since we did not know each other. Sad news is when I was planning to go and meet with my grandpa In Kigali Rwanda he died three days before my trip to meet with him. Praise be to God that I was there to the funeral and give to him my love flower. My grandpa was calling me in the name ‘Kapiri ‘mean s lion or animal that eat too much meat. He will always be in my heart.
At home I started youth\kids ministry with 38 orphans’ 18 street kids praying together and watching Jesus movie in my father’s house and praying for theIr school fees as all are not studying. Right now my father is working on that ministry called association TusaIdIane means ‘help one another ‘. It is now registered with government of Congo. I trust God for good people who will like to volunteer and support them.
Please pray for:
*school fees 10 USD, that Is: 140 Rand p.m.
*feeding centre. It is quite a way to reach all the different souls on feeding scheme.
*land for orphanage
In September 2016 I went to Malawi for refugee ministry that took me 5 months. It was blessed to see how youth in the refugee camp and different nationalities come together praying and sharing word of God. Right now there are more than 56 youth that applied to do DTS discipleship training school. Please pray and support them. I was also involved in different ministries and churches. In my 5 months outreach In Malawi I saw many people like and Rasta and Muslim come and receive Jesus as their Saviour and I was miracles of people getting healed while I prayed for them.
And In my 5 months outreach In Malawi it was the difficult life since I started missions. It was a challenge to me to see even our brothers and sisters that are missionaries abandoning me. They blocked me on their contacts, my friends run away because of me doing ministry. I didn’t know what to eat, where to sleep. I sold all my gifts that I received In my DTS that I can eat once a day and I had to ask people to help me with a small space where I can put my sleeping bag just for a night. That was my daily life In Malawi for 5 months of outreach. But thanks to God and all those who supported me with my visas and transport to come back to South Africa.
Please pray for me and support me with any amount that God lead you to:
Prayer request:
Operation refugee Africa NPO
First National Bank 62626450720 Branch code; 240438. Reference: for Steven.
I'm a Congolese citizen I come from a Christian family with 8 siblings temporarily living in Malawi
My life story
I am 35 years old and single. I was a refugee for 16 years in different refugee camps and different countries. In 2000 because of on-going wars which was a lot for me to handle and to understand in the year of 2000 I was kidnapped with my brother Fahamu and the rebels tried to kill us because they wanted our bike, we had to choose either our lives or our bike and I remember they told us to run and don’t look back, if you look back we are going to kill you both. After that it became harder and harder. It was then I decided to leave and not experience such life. But running from home to the refugee camp was not easy for me because when we were on the boat crossing the Lake Tanganyika the boat could not cross because of the wind. So had to go ashore in the middle of nowhere to wait for the water to come down but it was not really good because in that place we found a lot of rebel soldier and keep us for 2 weeks without food. We could only eat cassava roots. I have been living for 16 years living as a refugee, trying to get help but it keeps getting harder, these are the refugee camps I visited.
- *Tanzania Lugufu refugee camp: 2 years
- *Zambia Mporokoso refugee camp: 1 year
- * Malawi Dzaleka refugee camp: 7 years.
BEFORE
One night I was crying to God complaining about my life. I heard a voice calling on my name saying that my son you were not born to suffer. Stop complaining and angry at me you the one choose such life and run far from me. If you come back to me I will restore back your identity and your mind. You are truly going to be my son. from that time I started to remember to go to church and praying again, I start dreaming traveling in different places in my mind was thinking God is telling me to go back home but my calling was to do mission. I remember asking my parents to buy me ticket to go back home my father stop me and ask me to do discipleship training school , he then send to me YWAM address ‘ ywampotch.com’ at the time i did not have a good phone to go on internet . After receiving forms I was excited to ask my father who will pay for my school fees. HIs answer was to pray and ask God. It was really a new experience to me that I can trust God for my school fees. When I was praying for school fees God told me to sell all my belongings and go to school. It was the beginning of my life change. After selling all my stuff the money was very small. After starting school God provided even my outreach fees that were paid by different people most of them are kid’s age of 12-15. In my DTS God did many miracles and showed how much he loves me. And my identity In Christ was restored.
AFTER DTS
After my DTS and outreach I went back home to meet with m my family after 16 years of life as a refugee. Everyone at home was exited to meet with me again even aunties, uncles and cousins were happy to meet with them since we did not know each other. Sad news is when I was planning to go and meet with my grandpa In Kigali Rwanda he died three days before my trip to meet with him. Praise be to God that I was there to the funeral and give to him my love flower. My grandpa was calling me in the name ‘Kapiri ‘mean s lion or animal that eat too much meat. He will always be in my heart.
At home I started youth\kids ministry with 38 orphans’ 18 street kids praying together and watching Jesus movie in my father’s house and praying for theIr school fees as all are not studying. Right now my father is working on that ministry called association TusaIdIane means ‘help one another ‘. It is now registered with government of Congo. I trust God for good people who will like to volunteer and support them.
Please pray for:
*school fees 10 USD, that Is: 140 Rand p.m.
*feeding centre. It is quite a way to reach all the different souls on feeding scheme.
*land for orphanage
In September 2016 I went to Malawi for refugee ministry that took me 5 months. It was blessed to see how youth in the refugee camp and different nationalities come together praying and sharing word of God. Right now there are more than 56 youth that applied to do DTS discipleship training school. Please pray and support them. I was also involved in different ministries and churches. In my 5 months outreach In Malawi I saw many people like and Rasta and Muslim come and receive Jesus as their Saviour and I was miracles of people getting healed while I prayed for them.
And In my 5 months outreach In Malawi it was the difficult life since I started missions. It was a challenge to me to see even our brothers and sisters that are missionaries abandoning me. They blocked me on their contacts, my friends run away because of me doing ministry. I didn’t know what to eat, where to sleep. I sold all my gifts that I received In my DTS that I can eat once a day and I had to ask people to help me with a small space where I can put my sleeping bag just for a night. That was my daily life In Malawi for 5 months of outreach. But thanks to God and all those who supported me with my visas and transport to come back to South Africa.
Please pray for me and support me with any amount that God lead you to:
Prayer request:
- 2200 Rand Fees a month to stay at YWAM house for food and accommodation.
- My 3 years volunteer visa with YWAM Patch.
- My daily living funds, skills training and my future life.
- Outreach centre In Malawi for Operation refugee Africa
- Funds for youths who applied to do DTS
- My March visa and transport to Malawi R6000. I have a 3 month visa and must go back to Malawi to apply for a 3 year volunteer visa.
- Email: [email protected] Cell : +27710917978 +27745544118
Operation refugee Africa NPO
First National Bank 62626450720 Branch code; 240438. Reference: for Steven.
