“The Order of Christian Service”

South Africa

 

‘Reach Out Africa’ (Humanitarian & Empowerment Aid)

 Kalahari San, Botswana

 

We thank our Heavenly Father for the privelage to be of service to Him. Thank you to our prayer partners and supporters for the donations, contributions and prayers, without your efforts it would have been a more challenging mission. We give you a short breakdown of the "Reach Out Africa" project since 2011.

"I know the plans I have for you, Plans of peace and not of evil, Plans of prosperity and not calamity, To give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

Services and Donations to the community of New Xanagas, Botswana 2011 to 2016 

2011 - Assisted the community with the New Xanagas Educational Empowerment Business Plan and Values Based Training Centre Plan.

2012 - Arranged Easter Outreach in New Xanagas with Campus Crusade for Christ/Jesus Film Project, South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Received clothing, food, DVD projector, Bibles, books, DVD’s, ministry training, distributed clothing to the old, blind, disabled and orphans. Received shade-net and built temporary shade-net home for destitute old San couple. Coordinated and accompanied traditional dance group Nc’aa Nc’aa’se to Cape town South Africa, they performed at !Khwattu San Educational Centre. Assisted the community with the New Xanagas Educational Empowerment Business Plan and Values Based Training Centre Plan.

2013 - Received donations by cargo from various donors and Methodist Churches in Cape Town – camping tents, office equipment and furniture, desktop computer and distributed clothing to the old, blind, disabled, most needy and orphans. Nelson Mandela Day distributed food to old and sick (donors Reformed Church and Private donors). Outreach by Campus Crusade, Botswana & USA, Christmas Service in Community Hall – handed out Christmas hampers and Bibles donated by Minister C. De Graaff. Delivered Christmas lunch to old, blind and sick.    

Assisted the community with the New Xanagas Educational Empowerment Business Plan and Values Based Training Centre Plan in line with Botswana Governments Vision 2016 program.                                  

2014 - Donations of clothing and GNLD nutritional food supplements handed to sick and old. Received 2 x Laptop computers from Nedbank and one Laptop from private donor Mrs. C. Herrewyn, South Africa. Assisted the community with the New Xanagas Educational Empowerment Business Plan and Values Based Training Centre Plan, which is in-line with the Botswana Governments Vision 2016 program.     

2015 -  Received donations of 80 x Davar Solar Audio Bibles from Davar and Campus Crusade for Christ/Jesus Film Project, USA (Content Naro San New Testament, Setswana Full Bible, English Full Bible, Jesus Film Audio and Christian songs) – handed Solar Bibles to the blind, illiterate, the old and sick. Received donations from Derek Prince Ministries - books, DVD’s, CD’s to be used in library and ministry training. In October we received 3 more Laptops from Nedbank, SA.

                                                       

2014 – 2015 - Assisted three young San from New Xanagas to attend the course in Community Based Tourism at !Khwattu San Educational Training Centre in South Africa. Donations were officially handed to the New Xanagas community = 1 x Safari Bow Tent, 1 x Office Desk, 1 x Executive Office chair, 1 x Filing Cabinet, 1 x Large 2 door Wood Cupboard, 1 x Steel Work Bench, 1 x Ryobi Cordless Drill, 1 x Dell Desk Top Computer Screen, 2 x Dell Computer keyboards, 1 x HP Laptop (pvt donor), 5 x Dell Laptops (Nedbank SA), 1 x HP Three in One Printer/Copier/Fax/Photo station, 1 x Samsung Printer/Fax/Copier, 1 x Vista Solar Backpack DVD Projector,1 x Epson DVD Projector, 80 x Davar Solar Audio Bibles, 20 x Derek Prince Ministries DVD’s/CD’s, 25 x Derek Prince Ministries, Teaching/Training Books and 20 x Campus Crusade/Jesus Film Project DVD’s . We continue to assist the community of New Xanagas to implement the New Xanagas Educational Empowerment Business Plan and Values Based Training Centre Plan - in line with Botswana Governments Vision 2016 program. We managed another Christmas Service and Christmas lunch for the community. A wholesome Christmas lunch was delivered to the old/blind/disabled at there home.

 

 2016 -
Assisted Campus Crusade for Christ and students from Gaborone University to spend seven days with the community in New Xanagas. The students washed clothing, carried water, collected fire wood and prayed with the old/blind/disabled and ill. At the showing of the Jesus Film in Setswana, seven young people excepted Jesus as there Lord and Saviour.
The final Business and Financial Plan for the New Xanagas Game Farm and Lodge was handed to the New Xanagas Kuru-A-Boo Community Trust who together with the Technical Advisory Committee have started the process to establish the New Xanagas Game Farm and Lodge ASAP.
  

"God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us." Ephesians 3:20                      

 

Donation of 80 Davar Solar Audio Bibles  for the Kalahari San   As a result of the story of the Blind Bushman below we were blessed to receive a donation of 80 Solar Audio Bibles from the Jesus Film Project, US. The content of each Solar Bible was the Bible in English and Setswana, The Naro San New Testament, the Jesus Film Audio and some praise and worship music. In 2015 we managed to hand these Solar Bibles to not only the Kalahari San, but also Herero and Setswana members of communities, as well as  the blind, partially sighted/near sighted, those that could not read, the old and our Bible Study group.    Blind Bushman Holds to the Word September 2014

“On handing out some clothing and food we came across a very old and blind man. On his lap was the solar audio Bible. He was holding on to God, listening to the Naro language Bible translation.   His family told us that this old man ‘with no eyes’ listens to the word of God day and night and has started referring to Bible verses when speaking to the family.” - Martin Erasmus, Reach Out Africa*, working with the Kalahari San people in Botswana.

Over 100,000 of the Kalahari San (Bushmen), still live in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. They are historically a nomadic people with a rich culture of     oral storytelling. With the rise of national boundaries and land ownership, the majority of the San people are no longer able to be nomads as they are accustomed, and hence are struggling to learn new ways of employment and lifestyle. This has proven very difficult for the San, and many in their  communities die from hunger or curable disease.

The Naro speaking San people have been a large priority to us at Davar, and first weighed heavily on our hearts in the early stages of producing the Audibible®. It was wonderful to hear this recent testimony about the blind Bushman hearing about the truth of the Word in his heart language. The Naro New Testament was the first audio Bible that we had the privilege of recording and distributing in 2012, and since then we have heard many stories about how God is speaking His hope and truth in “hopeless” places. But the need continues! Martin Erasmus, our friend and partner with Reach Out Africa, also shared this: “Your blessing of the Audibible helps so much with these remote and isolated people. We continue to pray for donations of Audibibles so that we can supply at least one to every family of about 15,000 Naro speaking San in Botswana.”

He continues: “To me it is such an inspiration, honour and privilege to be involved in this calling. And when we see God's presence at work in these desperate and dire situations, it only confirms that our work is not for naught - God is in town.”   Thank you for standing with us in giving and in prayer for these people. Those who sit in darkness are indeed seeing a great light! “The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned." – Matthew 4:16

Serving Bible-less oral people together,