- "12 Foundation Stones" Training Courses
- Since the beginning of 2004, The Family International in Port Harcourt has been running the 12 Foundation Stones Bible study course.
- Life Caring Orphanage
- Recently we began working with the “Life Caring Orphanage”, which cares for orphans from babyhood until they are grown and able to care for themselves. We’ve recently delivered 13 brand new mattresses for the orphans and donated a freezer, and other food items.
- Clinic Update 2008
- Through the generous sponsorship of Small World and GOLF we have expanded the equipment at the Family Care Ikota Clinic in order to increase and improve the medical services provided for the community. We now have a complete dental unit, greatly increasing the dental procedures we’re now capable of.
- Ikota Community Clinic
- Family project Family Care Association sponsored construction, equipping, and commencing operations of a model free/subsidized healthcare clinic in Ikota community in Lagos state. We are working toward a plan to replicate this initiative in all six geopolitical zones of the country.
- Ibadan HIV/AIDS Women Empowerment Program - June 2008
- Our recent trip to Ibadan was a monumental turning point in our Women’s Empowerment Program. Through our generous sponsors we have set up and opened four new shops for our HIV/AIDS Women Empowerment program.
This program originally started with Mrs.
- Christmas at an Orphanage
- During Christmas 2007, we participated in a Christmas program for an orphanage in Enugu State. The venue, food, and drinks we’re all donated by sponsors.
- Zaria update – Completion of VVF building and renovation of old VVF ward
- The VVF Vocational Training Center and Recovery Ward that we began building in October 2006 is now completed and up and running. Two of our volunteers spent a week in Zaria, where we completed the final touches on the building itself, as well as on the adjacent kitchen and bathroom.
- Medical Projects Move Forward
- Two ongoing medical projects sponsored by Family Care Nigeria have made significant advances in recent months.
The doctor’s residence behind the Family Care Ikota Clinic is now finished.
- Jesus' Birthday Party
- It was fun from beginning to end for 300 underprivileged children who attended our Fantasyland Christmas party.
- Hands-On Humanitarian Aid
- During our latest humanitarian aid trip to Ibadan, Oyo State, we distributed 70 bags of rice to several centers and underprivileged families, as well as some very out-of-the-way hostels for cancer patients.
- Educational and Community Support, Enugu and Ufuma, Anambra State
- In collaboration with volunteers from Family Care's Port Harcourt office, we again donated food, clothing, and other items (which included much needed baby formula for the infants) to our partner orphanages: Guardian Angels Motherless Babies Home, Holy Child Motherless Babies Home, and DDL
- Free Medical Project
- Our latest free medical project took place in a village in the southeast of Nigeria where there are many intertribal conflicts and violent power struggles over the area's oil wealth.
- Educational Aid for Nomadic Schools
- Our destination was a nomadic settlement school in the Niger Republic, West Africa. As the settlement wasn't easily accessible by vehicle, the best way to get there was the same way the locals do—by camel. So off we went, with the school supplies and food supplements tied securely to each saddle.
