By Jung Lee This picture of Lonwabo was taken in early 2013 when he was 12. Three years later he is one of 8 boys who stabbed a man for a laptop, and gang raped a women in her late twenties. When we went to […]

By Zukisani Nzala Within Zola we have created our first Vuk’ukhanye group.  This group is comprised of seven individuals, and it’s just right for us to maintain a safe environment.  Everyone feels safe sharing and discussing challenges in the community.  We teach them to respond […]

By Jung Lee When I first got close to Sean he was in a place of devastation.  The dreams he had to serve in South Africa as a missionary had been utterly shattered within months of his arrival.  Marked with scars of his pain and loneliness […]

By Jung Lee Zukisani was grim-faced all the way home. His ex-wife allowed him see his children for 15 minutes for the first time in 4 months. It would be more accurate to say that he had a devastating look on his face. It all […]

The Kuyasa community is stricken with many problems such as murder, rape, street gang fights and robbery. Also, it has been flooded with NGO’s and missionaries attempting to help the situation, but most (if not all) of their attempts have become failed attempts. With much […]

I finally caught up with him and sat him next to me to talk. He said, “I made one mistake three years ago (stolen a DVD Player) and people never trusted me again. Also, I don’t know where my life is going. I have tried […]

Community members and children came out singing toyi Toyi songs. Toyi Toyi is a South African dance that is used to intimidate during political protests. Many came out waiving banners and posters saying “Stop to rape, our rights and justice.” The community leaders came to […]

I saw something wrapped in a piece of nylon around Lelo’s waist.  Just to poke fun at the muti (traditional medicine), I pulled it out in front of his mother.  They consider it jinxed if someone else, especially a foreigner such as me, touches it.  […]

This is the leaflet that started RMA (Righteous Men Assembly) one year and a half ago.  With help of friends from Vancouver Korean Presbyterian Church, we were able to print 20,000 leaflets along with glow in the dark bracelets (still in delivery).  It would be […]

  After 3 months, we asked our parents of OLIA Lifestyle ECD Centre how they felt.